Dali to Zhengzhou runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:12 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €145.87 and €151.18, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 42m over 1,692 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€145.87 to €151.18
- 143%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Dali
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.
- 06:12First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €248.94Tue15
- about €316.59Wed16
- about €317.69Thu17
- about €266.54Fri18
- about €272.13Sat19
- about €245.64Sun20
- about €171.83Mon21
- about €171.39Tue22
- about €175.96Wed23
- about €216.08Thu24
- about €220.80Fri25
- about €225.84Sat26
- about €195.43Sun27
- about €145.87Mon28
- about €147.74Tue29
- about €153.54Wed30
- about €206.64Thu1
- about €164.75Fri2
- about €175.79Sat3
- about €149.39Sun4
- about €162.04Mon5
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 Zhengzhou. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Zhengzhou for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Dali to Zhengzhou
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €167.1190 days
- €130.6960 days
- €164.1645 days
- €130.5330 days
- €162.0421 days
- €145.8714 days
- €171.837 days
- €317.693 days
- €248.941 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €130.53.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 143 percent. The most expensive point is €317.69, 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 Dali to Zhengzhou 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
1,692 km
1,643 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
235,305 → 6,650,532
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.
- Direct or connecting
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,692 km against 1,643 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 Chengdu, Xi’an, Lijiang, Chongqing. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
Baggage storage near Zhengzhou railway station
Most of the points near Zhengzhou railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Dali to Zhengzhou
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 Dali to Zhengzhou?
The fastest journey from Dali to Zhengzhou takes 5h 42m door to door, of which 2h 32m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 50m, 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 Dali to Zhengzhou?
The cheapest fare from Dali to Zhengzhou is €145.87, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €211.36. 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 Dali to Zhengzhou?
The cheapest way from Dali to Zhengzhou is by flight, at €145.87 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 5h 42m 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 Dali to Zhengzhou?
Fares from Dali to Zhengzhou bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €130.53. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 143 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Dali to Zhengzhou?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Dali to Zhengzhou, at €162.04. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Dali to Zhengzhou?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Dali to Zhengzhou, at €108.69 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 Dali to Zhengzhou?
1 operators sell services from Dali to Zhengzhou across 1 mode: Lucky Air. 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 Dali to Zhengzhou?
20 percent of the services we sell from Dali to Zhengzhou are direct. The rest connect at Chengdu, Xi’an, Lijiang, Chongqing, with about 48 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 Dali to Zhengzhou use?
Services from Dali to Zhengzhou by flight leave from Dali DLU and arrive at Zhengzhou CGO. 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 Dali to Zhengzhou?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Dali to Zhengzhou 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 Dali to Zhengzhou on September 14, 2026: 1692 km of route against 1643 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €145.87, and 5h 42m 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 Zhengzhou is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Zhengzhou and across China
Day trips that leave Zhengzhou in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Dali reaches 20 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 2,190 km. Zhengzhou reaches 102 places in 20 countries, from 58 to 8,574 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Dali
- 20Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 10Operators
Arriving in Zhengzhou
Leaving Zhengzhou
- 102Places you can leave for
- 20Countries
- 44Operators