Travel to Dali

Every way to reach Dali: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Dali is reachable from 20 places across 1 country by 2 modes, on services run by 10 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 1h 14m door to door. The nearest origin is 51 km away.

Checked 2 October 2026Priced for 2 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Dali

Every mode that actually calls at Dali, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train14€11.881h 14m254 km1
Flight26€39.083h 57m2,190 km9
  • 20Places you can arrive from
  • 20Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 10Operators

The train gets you into Dali. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km1230%Yousuo, 51 km
200 to 600 km615%Shangri-La, 254 km
600 to 1,500 km1435%Guiyang, 659 km
Over 1,500 km820%Zhengzhou, 1643 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Dali that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
China40100%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Dali

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Dali

Rail
  • Dali Railway Station
  • Dalierhai Railway Station
Coach
  • Dali Express Bus Station
  • Dali North Coach Station
Air
  • DLU
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Dali

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Dali, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Yousuo to Dali train€11.881h 14m51 km
Zibihu to Dali train€12.991h 24m64 km
Jinding to Dali train€22.881h 50m122 km
Lijiang to Dali train€26.181h 57m143 km
Lushui to Dali train€26.192h138 km
Liuku to Dali train€26.191h 59m139 km
Kunming to Dali flight€39.083h 57m259 km
Shangri-La to Dali train€42.142h 47m254 km
Jinghong to Dali flight€46.754h 8m401 km
Chengdu to Dali flight€72.124h 28m680 km
Chongqing to Dali flight€78.614h 35m766 km
Guiyang to Dali flight€79.204h 31m659 km
Xi'an to Dali flight€129.945h 18m1,278 km
Changsha to Dali flight€138.205h 20m1,298 km
Guangzhou to Dali flight€145.285h 24m1,348 km
Shenzhen to Dali flight€154.725h 27m1,446 km

A day in Dali carrying a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to leave the bags in Dali?

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Popular journeys to Dali

Common questions about Travel to Dali

How can I get to Dali?

Dali is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 20 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 10 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Dali?

The cheapest way into Dali is by Train, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 20 origins we sell into Dali over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Dali?

The fastest journey into Dali is by Train, at 1h 14m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 51 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Dali have?

Dali has 5 named terminals on our network, including 2 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Dali Railway Station, Dalierhai Railway Station, DLU. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Dali from within 200 km?

12 of the routes we sell into Dali start within 200 km. The nearest is Yousuo, 51 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or coach beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Dali in China?

Dali connects to 20 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 2,190 km away in a straight line. China routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in China

The wider region

Our job ends on the platform. What fills the days in Dali afterwards does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

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

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