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Ürümqi to Novosibirsk

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Ürümqi to Novosibirsk. From €102.80, fastest 5h 15m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Ürümqi to Novosibirsk runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 14:41. One passenger pays between €102.80 and €144.69, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 15m over 1,331 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026

€102.80 to €144.69

  • 177%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Ürümqi

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:03First departure
  • 14:41Last departure
  • 6Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €242.63Mon21
  2. about €243.22Tue22
  3. about €240.86Wed23
  4. about €228.47Thu24
  5. about €226.11Fri25
  6. about €200.74Sat26
  7. about €194.25Sun27
  8. about €134.07Mon28
  9. about €133.48Tue29
  10. about €138.79Wed30
  11. about €162.98Thu1
  12. about €155.31Fri2
  13. about €163.57Sat3
  14. about €147.05Sun4
  15. about €102.80Mon5
  16. about €112.83Tue6
  17. about €116.96Wed7
  18. about €148.82Thu8
  19. about €125.81Fri9
  20. about €152.95Sat10
  21. about €134.66Sun11

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Novosibirsk for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Novosibirsk-Yuzhny and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Ürümqi to Novosibirsk

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

  1. €161.8090 days
  2. €122.8660 days
  3. €101.0345 days
  4. €87.4630 days
  5. €134.6621 days
  6. €147.0514 days
  7. €194.257 days
  8. €240.863 days
  9. €242.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €87.46.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 177 percent. The dearest point is €242.63, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€242.63€87.46137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Ürümqi to Novosibirsk and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

1,331 km

1,292 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

4,054,0001,612,833

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

The route

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The journey

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 1,331 km against 1,292 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Novosibirsk is large, and the road in from OVB 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 Novosibirsk

Settled in advance, so the ride into Novosibirsk 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 Novosibirsk-Yuzhny

Most of the points near Novosibirsk-Yuzhny open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Ürümqi to Novosibirsk

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 Novosibirsk?

The fastest journey from Ürümqi to Novosibirsk takes 5h 15m door to door, of which 2h 10m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 24m, 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 Novosibirsk?

The cheapest fare from Ürümqi to Novosibirsk is €102.80, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €175.96. 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 Novosibirsk?

The cheapest way from Ürümqi to Novosibirsk is by flight, at €102.80 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 20m 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 Novosibirsk?

Fares from Ürümqi to Novosibirsk bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €87.46. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 177 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Ürümqi to Novosibirsk?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ürümqi to Novosibirsk, at €133.48. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 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 Novosibirsk?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ürümqi to Novosibirsk, at €103.98 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 Novosibirsk?

China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, S7 Airlines publish service areas covering both Ürümqi and Novosibirsk, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Ürümqi to Novosibirsk?

Every service we sell from Ürümqi to Novosibirsk is direct, with around 6 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 15m 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 Novosibirsk use?

Services from Ürümqi to Novosibirsk by flight leave from Ürümqi Tianshan International Airport URC and arrive at Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport OVB. 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 Novosibirsk?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Ürümqi to Novosibirsk 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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 Ürümqi to Novosibirsk on 20 September 2026: 1331 km of route against 1292 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €102.80, and 5h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Novosibirsk is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Novosibirsk and across Russia

Day trips that leave Novosibirsk in the morning and cover a good part of Russia 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. Novosibirsk reaches 104 places in 22 countries, from 48 to 5,417 km.

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  • 15Countries
  • 31Operators

Arriving in Novosibirsk

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  • 22Countries
  • 34Operators

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