Xi'an to Yantai runs about 42 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 20:15. One passenger pays between €95.13 and €103.39, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 6m over 1,217 km, on services run by 7 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 7 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€95.13 to €103.39
- 126%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.
- 06:03First departure
- 20:15Last departure
- 42Services 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 €178.32Tue15
- about €190.71Wed16
- about €194.84Thu17
- about €179.50Fri18
- about €184.81Sat19
- about €173.60Sun20
- about €122.27Mon21
- about €118.14Tue22
- about €127.58Wed23
- about €159.44Thu24
- about €145.28Fri25
- about €151.77Sat26
- about €141.74Sun27
- about €102.21Mon28
- about €99.85Tue29
- about €109.29Wed30
- about €124.04Thu1
- about €114.60Fri2
- about €119.32Sat3
- about €110.47Sun4
- about €95.13Mon5
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 Yantai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Yantai for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Xi'an to Yantai
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €112.8390 days
- €94.5460 days
- €106.9345 days
- €86.2830 days
- €95.1321 days
- €102.2114 days
- €122.277 days
- €194.843 days
- €178.321 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €86.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 126 percent. The dearest point is €194.84, 3 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.
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 Yantai 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
1,217 km
1,182 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
12,952,907 → 7,102,100
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
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 1,217 km against 1,182 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 Yantai Railway Station
Most of the points near Yantai Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Xi'an to Yantai
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 Yantai?
The fastest journey from Xi'an to Yantai takes 5h 6m door to door, of which 1h 56m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 14m, 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 Yantai?
The cheapest fare from Xi'an to Yantai is €95.13, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €162.98. 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 Yantai?
The cheapest way from Xi'an to Yantai is by flight, at €102.21 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 6m 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 Yantai?
Fares from Xi'an to Yantai bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €86.28. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 126 percent, measured on 14 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 Yantai?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Xi'an to Yantai, at €102.21. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 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 Yantai?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Xi'an to Yantai, at €80.97 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 Yantai?
7 operators sell services from Xi'an to Yantai across 1 mode: China Eastern Airlines, Joy Air, Loong Air, Shandong Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Sichuan 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 Yantai?
Every service we sell from Xi'an to Yantai is direct, with around 42 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 6m 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 Yantai use?
Services from Xi'an to Yantai by flight leave from Xi’an XIY and arrive at Yantai YNT. 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 Yantai?
0 of the 7 operators we sell from Xi'an to Yantai 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 Yantai on 14 September 2026: 1217 km of route against 1182 km in a straight line, 42 services a day, 7 operators a cheapest fare of €95.13, and 5h 6m 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 Yantai a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Yantai and across China
Day trips that leave Yantai 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. Yantai reaches 43 places in 6 countries, from 160 to 8,439 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Xi'an
- 138Places you can leave for
- 12Countries
- 38Operators
Arriving in Yantai
Leaving Yantai
- 43Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 19Operators