Panoramic view of the Chongqing skyline at dusk with a modern bridge over the Yangtze River.

Chiang Mai to Chongqing

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Chiang Mai to Chongqing. From €110.47, fastest 5h 26m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Chiang Mai to Chongqing runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:21 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €110.47, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 26m over 1,464 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €110.47, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€110.47

  • 179%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Chiang Mai

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.

  • 06:21First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €312.84Sat19
  2. about €271.54Sun20
  3. about €227.88Mon21
  4. about €228.47Tue22
  5. about €217.85Wed23
  6. about €268.00Thu24
  7. about €210.77Fri25
  8. about €229.65Sat26
  9. about €194.25Sun27
  10. about €155.90Mon28
  11. about €180.68Tue29
  12. about €154.13Wed30
  13. about €246.17Thu1
  14. about €148.82Fri2
  15. about €164.75Sat3
  16. about €131.71Sun4
  17. about €135.25Mon5
  18. about €110.47Tue6
  19. about €139.97Wed7
  20. about €162.39Thu8
  21. about €142.92Fri9

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

A hotel room

A room in Chongqing for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Chongqing 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 Chiang Mai to Chongqing

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

  1. €167.1190 days
  2. €119.3260 days
  3. €112.2445 days
  4. €125.2230 days
  5. €142.9221 days
  6. €148.8214 days
  7. €210.777 days
  8. €227.883 days
  9. €312.841 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €112.24.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €312.84, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€312.84€112.24137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Chiang Mai to Chongqing 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

1,464 km

1,422 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

127,24022,000,000

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

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Chiang MaiChiang MaiChongqingChongqing
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
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,464 km against 1,422 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kunming. 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 flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Chongqing railway station

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

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Chiang Mai to Chongqing

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 Chiang Mai to Chongqing?

The fastest journey from Chiang Mai to Chongqing takes 5h 26m door to door, of which 2h 30m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 34m, 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 Chiang Mai to Chongqing?

The cheapest fare from Chiang Mai to Chongqing is €110.47, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €196.02. 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 Chiang Mai to Chongqing?

The cheapest way from Chiang Mai to Chongqing is by flight, at €110.47 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 5h 40m 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 Chiang Mai to Chongqing?

Fares from Chiang Mai to Chongqing bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €112.24. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 179 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Chiang Mai to Chongqing?

Friday is the cheapest day to depart from Chiang Mai to Chongqing, at €148.82. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Chiang Mai to Chongqing?

December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Chiang Mai to Chongqing, at €113.42 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 Chiang Mai to Chongqing?

No operator record names Chiang Mai to Chongqing directly. Shandong Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Chiang Mai to Chongqing?

50 percent of the services we sell from Chiang Mai to Chongqing are direct. The rest connect at Kunming, 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 Chiang Mai to Chongqing use?

Services from Chiang Mai to Chongqing by flight leave from Chiang Mai CNX and arrive at Chongqing CKG. 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 Chiang Mai to Chongqing?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Chiang Mai to Chongqing 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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 Chiang Mai to Chongqing on September 18, 2026: 1464 km of route against 1422 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €110.47, and 5h 26m 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 Chongqing a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Chongqing and across China

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

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Chiang Mai reaches 42 places in 11 countries on services we hold, over distances from 77 to 4,920 km. Chongqing reaches 149 places in 24 countries, from 60 to 9,430 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Chiang Mai

  • 42Places you can leave for
  • 11Countries
  • 28Operators

Arriving in Chongqing

Leaving Chongqing

  • 149Places you can leave for
  • 24Countries
  • 50Operators

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