Datong to Nanjing

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Datong to Nanjing. From €89.82, fastest 4h 54m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Datong to Nanjing costs €89.82 at the cheapest and takes 4h 54m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 1,050 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,050 km
Fastest
4h 54m
Average
5h
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€89.82
CO2 per passenger
258.3 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 54m1h 44m3h 10m€111.65258.3 kg5
  • 4h 54mFastest, by Flight
  • €111.65Cheapest, by Flight
  • 258.3 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,050 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€89.82
  1. China Eastern Airlines CE344606:401h 44m08:24Datong DATNanjing NKG

Door to door 4h 54mCO2 258.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€172.42
  1. Air China AC891907:3048m08:18Datong DATBeijing PKX
  2. China Railway CR206809:246h 5m15:29Beijing Railway StationNanjing railway station

Changes at Beijing, with 66 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 9h 56mCO2 96.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Datong to Nanjing
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Datong to NanjingFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€259.15€258.56€244.40€159.44€131.71€168.88€238.50€156.49€149.41€151.77€150.59€111.65€116.37€162.98

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €89.82

The trip ends at Nanjing railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Nanjing for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Datong to Nanjing

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

  1. €95.7290 days
  2. €83.3360 days
  3. €114.6045 days
  4. €90.4130 days
  5. €126.9921 days
  6. €162.9814 days
  7. €238.507 days
  8. €244.403 days
  9. €259.151 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €83.33.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 211 percent. The most expensive point is €259.15, 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.
€259.15€83.331371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €151.77Sun
  2. €150.59Mon
  3. €111.65Tue
  4. €117.55Wed
  5. €162.98Thu
  6. €156.49Fri
  7. €149.41Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €131.71Sep
  2. €102.21Oct
  3. €112.24Nov
  4. €106.34Dec
  5. €87.46Jan
  6. €72.71Feb

The route

DatongDatongNanjingNanjing
The journey

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 1,050 km against 1,020 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 Hefei, Beijing, Taiyuan, Shanghai. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Datong at 06:40 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Datong

Rail
  • Datong railway station
  • Datong East railway station
  • Datong South Railway Station
Bus
  • Xianan Bus Station
Air
  • DAT

Nanjing

Rail
  • Nanjing railway station
  • Nanjingbei Railway Station
  • Nanjingdong Railway Station
Bus
  • Nanjing Bus Station
  • 迈皋桥
Air
  • NKG
Ferry
  • Pukou Pier
  • Youheng Pier
Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
China Eastern Airlines€89.824h 54m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€68.5076%
Taxes€12.3314%
Supplier fees€7.008%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€89.82100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Nanjing well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Nanjing railway station

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Datong to Nanjing

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 Datong to Nanjing?

The fastest journey from Datong to Nanjing takes 4h 54m door to door, of which 1h 44m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 5h, 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 Datong to Nanjing?

The cheapest fare from Datong to Nanjing is €89.82, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €152.36. 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 Datong to Nanjing?

The cheapest way from Datong to Nanjing is by Flight, at €111.65 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 4h 54m 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 Datong to Nanjing?

Fares from Datong to Nanjing bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €83.33. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 211 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Datong to Nanjing?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Datong to Nanjing, at €111.65. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Datong to Nanjing?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Datong to Nanjing, at €72.71 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 Datong to Nanjing?

1 operators sell services from Datong to Nanjing across 1 modes: China Eastern 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 Datong to Nanjing?

20 percent of the services we sell from Datong to Nanjing are direct. The rest connect at Hefei, Beijing, Taiyuan, Shanghai, with about 63 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 Datong to Nanjing use?

Services from Datong to Nanjing by Flight leave from Datong DAT and arrive at Nanjing NKG. 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 Datong to Nanjing?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Datong to Nanjing 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

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Datong to Nanjing on September 10, 2026: 1050 km of route against 1020 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €89.82, and 4h 54m 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 Nanjing is somebody else's catalog.

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