Jiayuguan to Dunhuang runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:22 and the last around 06:22. One passenger pays between €33.77 and €45.57, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 59m over 319 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€33.77 to €45.57
- 117%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Jiayuguan
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:22First departure
- 06:22Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €73.30Mon14
- about €65.63Tue15
- about €70.94Wed16
- about €78.61Thu17
- about €67.99Fri18
- about €59.73Sat19
- about €62.09Sun20
- about €52.06Mon21
- about €48.52Tue22
- about €53.24Wed23
- about €49.70Thu24
- about €45.57Fri25
- about €59.73Sat26
- about €58.55Sun27
- about €41.44Mon28
- about €33.77Tue29
- about €36.72Wed30
- about €46.16Thu1
- about €40.85Fri2
- about €43.21Sat3
- about €43.80Sun4
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Dunhuang. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Dunhuang for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Jiayuguan to Dunhuang
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €42.6290 days
- €36.7260 days
- €33.7745 days
- €36.1330 days
- €43.8021 days
- €58.5514 days
- €62.097 days
- €70.943 days
- €73.301 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €33.77.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 117 percent. The most expensive point is €73.30, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Jiayuguan to Dunhuang 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
319 km
309 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
231,853 → 186,027
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
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 319 km against 309 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Dunhuang Railway Station
Most of the points near Dunhuang Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Jiayuguan to Dunhuang
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 Jiayuguan to Dunhuang?
The fastest journey from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang takes 3h 59m door to door, of which 49m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 1m, 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 Jiayuguan to Dunhuang?
The cheapest fare from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang is €33.77, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €52.06. 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 Jiayuguan to Dunhuang?
The cheapest way from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang is by flight, at €45.57 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 3h 59m 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 Jiayuguan to Dunhuang?
Fares from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €33.77. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 117 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Jiayuguan to Dunhuang?
Friday is the cheapest day to depart from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang, at €45.57. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Jiayuguan to Dunhuang?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang, at €31.41 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 Jiayuguan to Dunhuang?
1 operators sell services from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang across 1 mode: China Express 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 Jiayuguan to Dunhuang?
Every service we sell from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 3h 59m 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 Jiayuguan to Dunhuang use?
Services from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang by flight leave from Jiayuguan JGN and arrive at Dunhuang DNH. 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 Jiayuguan to Dunhuang?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Jiayuguan to Dunhuang 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Jiayuguan to Dunhuang on September 13, 2026: 319 km of route against 309 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €33.77, and 3h 59m 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 Dunhuang is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Jiayuguan reaches 8 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 309 to 2,295 km. Dunhuang reaches 12 places in 1 countries, from 309 to 2,602 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Jiayuguan
- 8Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Dunhuang
Leaving Dunhuang
- 12Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 9Operators