Ürümqi to Lanzhou runs about 30 times a day, with the first departure around 06:00 and the last around 20:08. One passenger pays between €124.04 and €139.97, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 41m over 1,675 km, on services run by 5 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€124.04 to €139.97
- 208%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ürümqi
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:00First departure
- 20:08Last departure
- 30Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €374.20Thu17
- about €299.86Fri18
- about €310.48Sat19
- about €233.19Sun20
- about €201.92Mon21
- about €198.38Tue22
- about €211.95Wed23
- about €212.54Thu24
- about €197.79Fri25
- about €204.87Sat26
- about €188.94Sun27
- about €170.06Mon28
- about €160.03Tue29
- about €171.24Wed30
- about €165.34Thu1
- about €157.67Fri2
- about €158.26Sat3
- about €149.41Sun4
- about €127.58Mon5
- about €124.04Tue6
- about €132.89Wed7
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Lanzhou. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Lanzhou for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Lanzhou railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Ürümqi to Lanzhou
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €133.4890 days
- €121.6860 days
- €139.3845 days
- €134.0730 days
- €132.8921 days
- €171.2414 days
- €211.957 days
- €310.483 days
- €374.201 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €121.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 208 percent. The dearest point is €374.20, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ürümqi to Lanzhou and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
1,675 km
1,626 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
4,054,000 → 4,359,446
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,675 km against 1,626 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Lanzhou railway station
Most of the points near Lanzhou railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Ürümqi to Lanzhou
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 Ürümqi to Lanzhou?
The fastest journey from Ürümqi to Lanzhou takes 5h 41m door to door, of which 2h 31m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 51m, 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 Ürümqi to Lanzhou?
The cheapest fare from Ürümqi to Lanzhou is €124.04, as of 16 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €225.23. 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 Ürümqi to Lanzhou?
The cheapest way from Ürümqi to Lanzhou is by flight, at €124.04 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 41m 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 Ürümqi to Lanzhou?
Fares from Ürümqi to Lanzhou bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €121.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 208 percent, measured on 16 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ürümqi to Lanzhou?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ürümqi to Lanzhou, at €160.03. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 16 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ürümqi to Lanzhou?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ürümqi to Lanzhou, at €108.70 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 Ürümqi to Lanzhou?
No operator record names Ürümqi to Lanzhou directly. China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Lucky Air, Shandong Airlines, Urumqi Air publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Ürümqi to Lanzhou?
Every service we sell from Ürümqi to Lanzhou is direct, with around 30 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 41m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Ürümqi to Lanzhou use?
Services from Ürümqi to Lanzhou by flight leave from Ürümqi URC and arrive at Lanzhou LHW. 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 Ürümqi to Lanzhou?
0 of the 5 operators we sell from Ürümqi to Lanzhou 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ürümqi to Lanzhou on 16 September 2026: 1675 km of route against 1626 km in a straight line, 30 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €124.04, and 5h 41m 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 Lanzhou a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Lanzhou and across China
Day trips that leave Lanzhou in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ürümqi reaches 73 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 256 to 4,723 km. Lanzhou reaches 93 places in 2 countries, from 62 to 2,468 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ürümqi
- 73Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 31Operators
Arriving in Lanzhou
Leaving Lanzhou
- 93Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 27Operators