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Beihai to Nanning

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Beihai to Nanning. From €23.43, fastest 3h 11m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Beihai to Nanning runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €23.43, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 11m over 215 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 25, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €23.43, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€23.43

  • 165%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Beihai

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €59.19Sat26
  2. about €63.04Sun27
  3. about €44.34Mon28
  4. about €39.94Tue29
  5. about €41.59Wed30
  6. about €50.94Thu1
  7. about €37.74Fri2
  8. about €41.59Sat3
  9. about €37.74Sun4
  10. about €34.99Mon5
  11. about €27.29Tue6
  12. about €31.14Wed7
  13. about €34.44Thu8
  14. about €27.84Fri9
  15. about €36.09Sat10
  16. about €31.14Sun11
  17. about €24.54Mon12
  18. about €23.43Tue13
  19. about €29.49Wed14
  20. about €36.64Thu15
  21. about €29.49Fri16

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Nanning for the night the train gets in

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Booking window

When to book Beihai to Nanning

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

  1. €31.6990 days
  2. €22.3360 days
  3. €22.3345 days
  4. €27.8430 days
  5. €29.4921 days
  6. €27.8414 days
  7. €37.747 days
  8. €44.343 days
  9. €59.191 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.33.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 165 percent. The most expensive point is €59.19, 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.
€59.19€22.33137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Beihai to Nanning 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

215 km

170 km as the crow flies, 26% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

525,329 → 5,977,185

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.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 215 km against 170 km in a straight line, a detour of 26 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Qinzhou, Fangchenggang. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Nanning railway station

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

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Questions about Beihai to Nanning

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Beihai to Nanning?

The fastest journey from Beihai to Nanning takes 3h 11m door to door, of which 1h 37m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 38m, 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 Beihai to Nanning?

The cheapest fare from Beihai to Nanning is €23.43, as of September 25, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €37.74. 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 Beihai to Nanning?

The cheapest way from Beihai to Nanning is by train, at €23.43 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 3h 16m 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 Beihai to Nanning?

Fares from Beihai to Nanning bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €22.33. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 165 percent, measured on September 25, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Beihai to Nanning?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Beihai to Nanning, at €27.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 25, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Beihai to Nanning?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Beihai to Nanning, at €25.08 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 service from Beihai to Nanning?

2 operators sell services from Beihai to Nanning across 1 mode: China Railway, 中国铁路南宁局. 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 Beihai to Nanning?

0 percent of the services we sell from Beihai to Nanning are direct. The rest connect at Qinzhou, Fangchenggang, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Beihai to Nanning use?

Services from Beihai to Nanning by train leave from Beihai Railway Station and arrive at Nanning railway station. Allow about 44m 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 Beihai to Nanning?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Beihai to Nanning 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

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 labeled 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 Beihai to Nanning on September 25, 2026: 215 km of route against 170 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €23.43, and 3h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Nanning is somebody else's catalog.

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

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The two ends, compared

Beihai reaches 20 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 67 to 2,162 km. Nanning reaches 67 places in 13 countries, from 99 to 2,442 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Beihai

  • 20Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 14Operators

Arriving in Nanning

Leaving Nanning

  • 67Places you can leave for
  • 13Countries
  • 32Operators

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