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Hanoi to Muang Xay

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Hanoi to Muang Xay. From €72.12, fastest 6h 27m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Hanoi to Muang Xay runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €72.12, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 27m over 814 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €72.12, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€72.12

  • 224%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Hanoi

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €233.78Thu24
  2. about €183.04Fri25
  3. about €203.69Sat26
  4. about €173.01Sun27
  5. about €109.29Mon28
  6. about €119.91Tue29
  7. about €151.18Wed30
  8. about €114.01Thu1
  9. about €105.75Fri2
  10. about €118.73Sat3
  11. about €115.19Sun4
  12. about €103.98Mon5
  13. about €85.69Tue6
  14. about €96.31Wed7
  15. about €113.42Thu8
  16. about €98.08Fri9
  17. about €105.75Sat10
  18. about €90.41Sun11
  19. about €88.05Mon12
  20. about €72.12Tue13
  21. about €82.74Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Muang Xay. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Muang Xay for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Muang Xai 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay

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

  1. €83.3390 days
  2. €72.1260 days
  3. €74.4845 days
  4. €86.2830 days
  5. €82.7421 days
  6. €96.3114 days
  7. €151.187 days
  8. €203.693 days
  9. €233.781 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €72.12.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 224 percent. The most expensive point is €233.78, 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.
€233.78€72.12137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Hanoi to Muang Xay 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

814 km

403 km as the crow flies, 102% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

8,053,66325,000

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

The route

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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
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 814 km against 403 km in a straight line, a detour of 102 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Vientiane. The gap between arriving and leaving is 85 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

The fare from ODY into Muang Xay is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Muang Xay

Settled in advance, so the ride into Muang Xay costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

Muang Xay is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Muang Xai railway station

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

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Questions about Hanoi to Muang Xay

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 Hanoi to Muang Xay?

The fastest journey from Hanoi to Muang Xay takes 6h 27m door to door, of which 1h 59m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 31m, 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay?

The cheapest fare from Hanoi to Muang Xay is €72.12, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €109.29. 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay?

The cheapest way from Hanoi to Muang Xay is by flight, at €72.12 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 6h 34m 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay?

Fares from Hanoi to Muang Xay bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €72.12. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 224 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Hanoi to Muang Xay?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Hanoi to Muang Xay, at €85.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Hanoi to Muang Xay?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Hanoi to Muang Xay, at €64.45 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay?

1 operators sell services from Hanoi to Muang Xay across 1 mode: Lao 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay?

0 percent of the services we sell from Hanoi to Muang Xay are direct. The rest connect at Vientiane, with about 85 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay use?

Services from Hanoi to Muang Xay by flight leave from Noi Bai International Airport HAN and arrive at Oudomsay Airport ODY. 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 Hanoi to Muang Xay?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Hanoi to Muang Xay 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Hanoi to Muang Xay on September 23, 2026: 814 km of route against 403 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €72.12, and 6h 27m 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 Muang Xay is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Muang Xay and across Laos

Day trips that leave Muang Xay in the morning and cover a good part of Laos by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Hanoi reaches 167 places in 43 countries on services we hold, over distances from 30 to 12,617 km. Muang Xay reaches 4 places in 2 countries, from 91 to 403 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Hanoi

  • 167Places you can leave for
  • 43Countries
  • 59Operators

Arriving in Muang Xay

Leaving Muang Xay

  • 4Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 1Operators

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