Hotan to Lanzhou

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Hotan to Lanzhou. From €186.58, fastest 6h 21m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Hotan to Lanzhou costs €186.58 at the cheapest and takes 6h 21m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 2,196 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
2,196 km
Fastest
6h 21m
Average
6h 33m
Services per day
4
Cheapest
€186.58
CO2 per passenger
540.2 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 30, 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
Flight6h 26m3h 16m3h 10m€205.46540.2 kg4
  • 6h 26mFastest, by Flight
  • €205.46Cheapest, by Flight
  • 540.2 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 2,196 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

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

Cheapest€186.58
  1. Spring Airlines SA312306:493h 16m10:05Gujangbagh HTNLanzhou LHW

Door to door 6h 26mCO2 540.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, 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 Hotan to Lanzhou
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Hotan to LanzhouFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€600.76€489.25€429.07€322.87€322.28€315.20€374.79€335.26€289.24€319.92€270.95€205.46€278.62€381.28

Cheapest day: 2026-09-30 · €186.58

Lanzhou sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Lanzhou

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Booking window

When to book Hotan to Lanzhou

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

  1. €219.6290 days
  2. €194.8460 days
  3. €217.8545 days
  4. €211.9530 days
  5. €279.8021 days
  6. €381.2814 days
  7. €374.797 days
  8. €429.073 days
  9. €600.761 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €194.84.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 208 percent. The most expensive point is €600.76, 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.
€600.76€194.841371421304560

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. €319.92Sun
  2. €270.95Mon
  3. €232.60Tue
  4. €278.62Wed
  5. €374.79Thu
  6. €335.26Fri
  7. €291.60Sat
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. €322.28Sep
  2. €233.78Oct
  3. €239.68Nov
  4. €174.19Dec
  5. €211.36Jan
  6. €184.22Feb

The route

GujangbaghGujangbaghLanzhouLanzhou
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
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,196 km against 2,132 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 Xi’an, Chengdu, Ürümqi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Hotan at 06:49 and the last at 07:30, across 4 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.

Gujangbagh

Rail
  • Hetian Railway Station
Bus
  • 肖尔巴格乡客运站
  • Hotan Dongjiao Bus Terminal
Air
  • HTN

Lanzhou

Rail
  • Lanzhou railway station
  • Lanzhou East railway station
  • Lanzhou West railway station
Bus
  • Lanzhou South Bus Station
  • Lanzhou West Railway Station
Air
  • LHW
Ferry
  • 兰州港码头
  • 十里店桥北
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
Spring Airlines€186.586h 21m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Spring Airlines
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 2026-09-30, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€150.5081%
Taxes€27.0915%
Supplier fees€7.004%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€186.58100%

We cannot promise Lanzhou railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Lanzhou 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 Hotan to Lanzhou

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 Hotan to Lanzhou?

The fastest journey from Hotan to Lanzhou takes 6h 21m door to door, of which 3h 16m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 6h 33m, 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 Hotan to Lanzhou?

The cheapest fare from Hotan to Lanzhou is €186.58, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €311.07. 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 Hotan to Lanzhou?

The cheapest way from Hotan to Lanzhou is by Flight, at €205.46 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 6h 26m 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 Hotan to Lanzhou?

Fares from Hotan to Lanzhou bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €194.84. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 208 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Hotan to Lanzhou?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Hotan to Lanzhou, at €232.60. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 30, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Hotan to Lanzhou?

December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Hotan to Lanzhou, at €174.19 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 Hotan to Lanzhou?

1 operators sell services from Hotan to Lanzhou across 1 modes: Spring 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 Hotan to Lanzhou?

25 percent of the services we sell from Hotan to Lanzhou are direct. The rest connect at Xi’an, Chengdu, Ürümqi, with about 46 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 Hotan to Lanzhou use?

Services from Hotan to Lanzhou by Flight leave from Gujangbagh HTN and arrive at Lanzhou LHW. 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 Hotan to Lanzhou?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Hotan to Lanzhou 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 Hotan to Lanzhou on September 10, 2026: 2196 km of route against 2132 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €186.58, and 6h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Lanzhou and elsewhere in China. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Lanzhou

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

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