Hefei to Kunming

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Hefei to Kunming. From €133.48, fastest 5h 40m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Hefei to Kunming costs €133.48 at the cheapest and takes 5h 40m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 5 operators. The route covers 1,660 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,660 km
Fastest
5h 40m
Average
5h 50m
Services per day
30
Cheapest
€133.48
CO2 per passenger
408.4 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 29, 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
Flight5h 40m2h 30m3h 10m€158.26408.4 kg30
  • 5h 40mFastest, by Flight
  • €158.26Cheapest, by Flight
  • 408.4 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,660 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€133.48
  1. West Air China WA199014:382h 30m17:08Hefei HFEKunming KMG

Door to door 5h 40mCO2 408.4 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 Hefei to Kunming
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Hefei to KunmingFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€303.99€309.30€235.55€210.18€195.43€210.77€215.49€198.38€201.92€191.30€161.80€158.26€173.60€183.04

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €133.48

The flight gets you into Kunming. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Kunming for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Kunming South 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 Hefei to Kunming

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

  1. €135.8490 days
  2. €103.3960 days
  3. €126.9945 days
  4. €135.2530 days
  5. €165.9321 days
  6. €183.0414 days
  7. €215.497 days
  8. €235.553 days
  9. €303.991 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €103.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €303.99, 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.
€303.99€103.391371421304560

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. €191.30Sun
  2. €161.80Mon
  3. €158.26Tue
  4. €173.60Wed
  5. €183.04Thu
  6. €198.38Fri
  7. €201.92Sat
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. €195.43Sep
  2. €147.05Oct
  3. €127.58Nov
  4. €128.17Dec
  5. €126.99Jan
  6. €106.93Feb

The route

HefeiHefeiKunmingKunming
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 1,660 km against 1,611 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 Hefei at 06:03 and the last at 20:14, across 30 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.

Hefei

Rail
  • Hefei railway station
  • Hefeibei Railway Station
  • Hefeidong Railway Station
Bus
  • Hefeinan Station
  • Hefei Coach Junction
Air
  • HFE

Kunming

Rail
  • Kunming South Station
  • Kunming railway station
  • Kunming Railway Station
Bus
  • Kunming East Bus Terminal
  • 北市区车场
Air
  • KMG
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 Eastern Airlines€142.92
Lucky Air€134.07
Shenzhen Airlines€136.43
Sichuan Airlines€134.66
West Air China€133.48
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 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€105.5079%
Taxes€18.9914%
Supplier fees€7.005%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€133.48100%

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Kunming South 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 Hefei to Kunming

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 Hefei to Kunming?

The fastest journey from Hefei to Kunming takes 5h 40m door to door, of which 2h 30m 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 Hefei to Kunming?

The cheapest fare from Hefei to Kunming is €133.48, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €223.16. 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 Hefei to Kunming?

The cheapest way from Hefei to Kunming is by Flight, at €158.26 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 5h 40m 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 Hefei to Kunming?

Fares from Hefei to Kunming bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €103.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 194 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Hefei to Kunming?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Hefei to Kunming, at €158.26. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Hefei to Kunming?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Hefei to Kunming, at €106.93 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 Hefei to Kunming?

5 operators sell services from Hefei to Kunming across 1 modes: China Eastern Airlines, Lucky Air, Shenzhen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, West Air China. 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 Hefei to Kunming?

Every service we sell from Hefei to Kunming is direct, with around 30 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 40m 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 Hefei to Kunming use?

Services from Hefei to Kunming by Flight leave from Hefei HFE and arrive at Kunming KMG. 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 Hefei to Kunming?

0 of the 5 operators we sell from Hefei to Kunming 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 Hefei to Kunming on September 10, 2026: 1660 km of route against 1611 km in a straight line, 30 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €133.48, and 5h 40m 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 Kunming are the half people leave until last.

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