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Xi'an to Ürümqi

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Xi'an to Ürümqi. From €174.78, fastest 6h 19m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Xi'an to Ürümqi runs about 48 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 20:52. One passenger pays between €174.78 and €204.28, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 19m over 2,180 km, on services run by 6 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€174.78 to €204.28

  • 165%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Xi'an

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.

  • 06:18First departure
  • 20:52Last departure
  • 48Services 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 €367.12Mon14
  2. about €311.07Tue15
  3. about €334.08Wed16
  4. about €342.34Thu17
  5. about €315.20Fri18
  6. about €329.95Sat19
  7. about €306.94Sun20
  8. about €209.59Mon21
  9. about €204.28Tue22
  10. about €218.44Wed23
  11. about €274.49Thu24
  12. about €253.25Fri25
  13. about €262.10Sat26
  14. about €241.45Sun27
  15. about €175.96Mon28
  16. about €174.78Tue29
  17. about €183.63Wed30
  18. about €214.31Thu1
  19. about €198.97Fri2
  20. about €203.69Sat3
  21. about €191.89Sun4

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 Ürümqi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Ürümqi for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Ürümqi 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 Xi'an to Ürümqi

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

  1. €212.5490 days
  2. €176.5560 days
  3. €147.6445 days
  4. €138.7930 days
  5. €191.8921 days
  6. €241.4514 days
  7. €306.947 days
  8. €334.083 days
  9. €367.121 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €138.79.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 165 percent. The dearest point is €367.12, 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.
€367.12€138.791371421304560

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Xi'an to Ürümqi and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

2 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

2,180 km

2,117 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

12,952,9074,054,000

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

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

Xi’anXi’anÜrümqiÜrümqi
The journey

What the journey actually 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 2,180 km against 2,117 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 lockers

Left luggage near Ürümqi railway station

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

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Questions about Xi'an to Ürümqi

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 Xi'an to Ürümqi?

The fastest journey from Xi'an to Ürümqi takes 6h 19m door to door, of which 3h 9m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 32m, 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 Xi'an to Ürümqi?

The cheapest fare from Xi'an to Ürümqi is €174.78, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €294.55. 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 Xi'an to Ürümqi?

The cheapest way from Xi'an to Ürümqi is by flight, at €204.28 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 6h 19m 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 Xi'an to Ürümqi?

Fares from Xi'an to Ürümqi bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €138.79. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 165 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Xi'an to Ürümqi?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Xi'an to Ürümqi, at €204.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Xi'an to Ürümqi?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Xi'an to Ürümqi, at €137.02 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 Xi'an to Ürümqi?

6 operators sell services from Xi'an to Ürümqi across 1 mode: Chang'an Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Okay Airways, Tianjin 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 Xi'an to Ürümqi?

Every service we sell from Xi'an to Ürümqi is direct, with around 48 departures a day and a fastest journey of 6h 19m 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 Xi'an to Ürümqi use?

Services from Xi'an to Ürümqi by flight leave from Xi’an XIY and arrive at Ürümqi URC. 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 Xi'an to Ürümqi?

0 of the 6 operators we sell from Xi'an to Ürümqi 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 Xi'an to Ürümqi on 13 September 2026: 2180 km of route against 2117 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €174.78, and 6h 19m 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 Ürümqi is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Ürümqi and across China

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

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The two ends, compared

Xi'an reaches 138 places in 12 countries on services we hold, over distances from 52 to 9,697 km. Ürümqi reaches 73 places in 15 countries, from 256 to 4,723 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Xi'an

  • 138Places you can leave for
  • 12Countries
  • 38Operators

Arriving in Ürümqi

Leaving Ürümqi

  • 73Places you can leave for
  • 15Countries
  • 31Operators

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