Hotan to Ürümqi

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Hotan to Ürümqi. From €88.64, fastest 4h 51m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Hotan to Ürümqi costs €88.64 at the cheapest and takes 4h 51m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 3 operators. The route covers 1,016 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,016 km
Fastest
4h 51m
Average
4h 58m
Services per day
12
Cheapest
€88.64
CO2 per passenger
249.9 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 52m1h 42m3h 10m€102.21249.9 kg12
  • 4h 52mFastest, by Flight
  • €102.21Cheapest, by Flight
  • 249.9 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,016 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€88.64
  1. China Southern Airlines CS334406:371h 54m08:31Gujangbagh HTNÜrümqi URC

Door to door 5h 4mCO2 249.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€91.00
  1. China Southern Airlines CS886010:241h 42m12:06Gujangbagh HTNÜrümqi URC

Door to door 4h 52mCO2 249.9 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.

Checking the live timetables.

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 Ürümqi
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Hotan to ÜrümqiSunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Flight€218.44€167.11€152.36€131.71€164.16€158.85€168.88€128.17€108.70€102.21€120.50€147.05€127.58€125.81

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €88.64

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Ürümqi is not something we sell.

A hotel room

A room in Ürümqi for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Ürümqi 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 Hotan to Ürümqi

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

  1. €102.2190 days
  2. €70.3560 days
  3. €72.1245 days
  4. €72.1230 days
  5. €112.8321 days
  6. €125.8114 days
  7. €168.887 days
  8. €152.363 days
  9. €218.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €70.35.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 211 percent. The most expensive point is €218.44, 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.
€218.44€70.351371421304560

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. €128.17Sun
  2. €108.70Mon
  3. €102.80Tue
  4. €120.50Wed
  5. €147.05Thu
  6. €127.58Fri
  7. €125.81Sat
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. €152.36Sep
  2. €98.67Oct
  3. €83.92Nov
  4. €83.33Dec
  5. €80.97Jan
  6. €69.17Feb

The route

GujangbaghGujangbaghÜrümqiÜrümqi
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,016 km against 986 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Hotan at 06:25 and the last at 18:50, across 12 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

Ürümqi

Rail
  • Ürümqi railway station
  • Urumqi North Railway Station
  • Ürümqi South railway station
Bus
  • 头工站
  • 毛纺厂
Air
  • URC
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.
OperatorFrom
China Southern Airlines€88.64
Tianjin Airlines€97.49
Urumqi Air€99.85
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€67.5076%
Taxes€12.1514%
Supplier fees€7.008%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€88.64100%

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Ürümqi railway station

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Hotan to Ürümqi

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 Ürümqi?

The fastest journey from Hotan to Ürümqi takes 4h 51m door to door, of which 1h 42m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 58m, 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 Ürümqi?

The cheapest fare from Hotan to Ürümqi is €88.64, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €145.58. 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 Ürümqi?

The cheapest way from Hotan to Ürümqi is by flight, at €102.21 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 4h 52m 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 Ürümqi?

Fares from Hotan to Ürümqi bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €70.35. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 211 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Hotan to Ürümqi, at €102.80. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 12, 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 Ürümqi?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Hotan to Ürümqi, at €69.17 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 Ürümqi?

3 operators sell services from Hotan to Ürümqi across 1 mode: China Southern Airlines, Tianjin Airlines, Urumqi 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 Hotan to Ürümqi?

Every service we sell from Hotan to Ürümqi is direct, with around 12 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 51m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Hotan to Ürümqi use?

Services from Hotan to Ürümqi by flight leave from Gujangbagh HTN and arrive at Ürümqi URC. 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 Ürümqi?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Hotan to Ürümqi 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 Ürümqi on September 12, 2026: 1016 km of route against 986 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €88.64, and 4h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Ürümqi are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Ürümqi and across China

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