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Muang Xay to Hanoi

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Muang Xay to Hanoi. From €70.94, fastest 6h 31m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Muang Xay to Hanoi runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €70.94, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 31m over 814 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €70.94, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€70.94

  • 264%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Muang Xay

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €245.58Thu24
  2. about €177.14Fri25
  3. about €200.74Sat26
  4. about €173.01Sun27
  5. about €110.47Mon28
  6. about €114.60Tue29
  7. about €152.36Wed30
  8. about €111.65Thu1
  9. about €111.06Fri2
  10. about €113.42Sat3
  11. about €108.11Sun4
  12. about €101.03Mon5
  13. about €83.33Tue6
  14. about €103.98Wed7
  15. about €113.42Thu8
  16. about €94.54Fri9
  17. about €99.26Sat10
  18. about €85.69Sun11
  19. about €89.82Mon12
  20. about €70.94Tue13
  21. about €87.46Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Hanoi. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Hanoi for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Hanoi railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Muang Xay to Hanoi

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €85.6990 days
  2. €67.4060 days
  3. €76.2545 days
  4. €85.1030 days
  5. €87.4621 days
  6. €103.9814 days
  7. €152.367 days
  8. €200.743 days
  9. €245.581 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €67.40.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 264 percent. The dearest point is €245.58, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€245.58€67.40137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Muang Xay to Hanoi and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

814 km

403 km as the crow flies, 102% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

25,0008,053,663

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

VietnamLaosChinaMyanmar (Burma)ThailandSouth China SeaHaiphongHaiphongThanh HóaThanh HóaBắc GiangBắc GiangNam ĐịnhNam ĐịnhThai NguyenThai NguyenFangchenggangFangchenggangThị Trấn Đông TriềuThị Trấn Đông TriềuJinghongJinghongLang SonLang SonThị Trấn Đại TừThị Trấn Đại TừKēng TungKēng TungPhu LyPhu LyLao CaiLao CaiHung YenHung YenMóng CáiMóng CáiSơn LaSơn LaMuang XayMuang XayHanoiHanoiMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 814 km against 403 km in a straight line, a detour of 102 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Vientiane. The gap between arriving and leaving is 89 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

Hanoi is large, and the road in from HAN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Hanoi

Settled in advance, so the ride into Hanoi costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Hanoi railway station

Most of the points near Hanoi railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Muang Xay to Hanoi

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Muang Xay to Hanoi?

The fastest journey from Muang Xay to Hanoi takes 6h 31m door to door, of which 1h 57m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 35m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Muang Xay to Hanoi?

The cheapest fare from Muang Xay to Hanoi is €70.94, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €110.47. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Muang Xay to Hanoi?

The cheapest way from Muang Xay to Hanoi is by flight, at €70.94 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 36m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Muang Xay to Hanoi?

Fares from Muang Xay to Hanoi bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €67.40. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 264 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Muang Xay to Hanoi?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Muang Xay to Hanoi, at €83.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Muang Xay to Hanoi?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Muang Xay to Hanoi, at €64.45 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Muang Xay to Hanoi?

1 operators sell services from Muang Xay to Hanoi across 1 mode: Lao Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Muang Xay to Hanoi?

0 percent of the services we sell from Muang Xay to Hanoi are direct. The rest connect at Vientiane, with about 89 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Muang Xay to Hanoi use?

Services from Muang Xay to Hanoi by flight leave from Oudomsay Airport ODY and arrive at Noi Bai International Airport HAN. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Muang Xay to Hanoi?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Muang Xay to Hanoi allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Muang Xay to Hanoi on 23 September 2026: 814 km of route against 403 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €70.94, and 6h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Hanoi a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Hanoi and across Vietnam

Day trips that leave Hanoi in the morning and cover a good part of Vietnam by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Muang Xay reaches 4 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 91 to 403 km. Hanoi reaches 167 places in 43 countries, from 30 to 12,617 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Muang Xay

  • 4Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 1Operators

Arriving in Hanoi

Leaving Hanoi

  • 167Places you can leave for
  • 43Countries
  • 59Operators

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