Jinan to Xining

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Jinan to Xining. From €130.53, fastest 5h 21m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Jinan to Xining costs €130.53 at the cheapest and takes 5h 21m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 1,399 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,399 km
Fastest
5h 21m
Average
5h 29m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€130.53
CO2 per passenger
344.2 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 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
Flight5h 21m2h 11m3h 10m€165.93344.2 kg4
  • 5h 21mFastest, by Flight
  • €165.93Cheapest, by Flight
  • 344.2 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,399 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€130.53
  1. Xizang Airlines XA721406:332h 11m08:44Jinan TNAXining XNN

Door to door 5h 21mCO2 344.2 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 Jinan to Xining
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Jinan to XiningFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€311.07€288.65€198.38€221.39€191.89€198.97€230.24€183.63€187.17€186.58€173.01€165.93€175.96€198.38
Train€372.14€468.39€265.99€275.34€259.39€248.39€234.09€237.39€284.14€234.09€184.04€228.59€199.44€237.94

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €130.53

The trip ends at Xining railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Xining

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Booking window

When to book Jinan to Xining

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

  1. €150.0090 days
  2. €99.2660 days
  3. €116.9645 days
  4. €126.4030 days
  5. €168.8821 days
  6. €198.3814 days
  7. €230.247 days
  8. €198.383 days
  9. €311.071 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €99.26.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 213 percent. The most expensive point is €311.07, 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.
€311.07€99.261371421304560

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. €186.58Sun
  2. €173.01Mon
  3. €165.93Tue
  4. €175.96Wed
  5. €198.38Thu
  6. €183.63Fri
  7. €187.17Sat
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. €191.89Sep
  2. €131.71Oct
  3. €137.02Nov
  4. €124.04Dec
  5. €126.40Jan
  6. €108.70Feb

The route

JinanJinanXiningXining
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,399 km against 1,358 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, Zhengzhou, Beijing, Yinchuan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Jinan at 06:33 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.

Jinan

Rail
  • Jinan railway station
  • Jinannan Railway Station
  • Jinan East Railway Station
Bus
  • 长途车场
  • 长途汽车西站
Air
  • TNA
Ferry
  • 司家码头
  • 北极阁码头

Xining

Rail
  • Xining railway station
  • Xining East railway station
  • Xining West railway station
Bus
  • Xining Bus Station
  • 新宁路客运站
Air
  • XNN
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
Xizang Airlines€130.535h 21m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
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€103.0079%
Taxes€18.5414%
Supplier fees€7.005%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€130.53100%

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

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Xining

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

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Questions about Jinan to Xining

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 Jinan to Xining?

The fastest journey from Jinan to Xining takes 5h 21m door to door, of which 2h 11m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 5h 29m, 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 Jinan to Xining?

The cheapest fare from Jinan to Xining is €130.53, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €191.89. 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 Jinan to Xining?

The cheapest way from Jinan to Xining is by Flight, at €165.93 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 5h 21m 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 Jinan to Xining?

Fares from Jinan to Xining bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €99.26. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 213 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Jinan to Xining?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Jinan to Xining, at €165.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Jinan to Xining?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Jinan to Xining, at €108.70 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 Jinan to Xining?

1 operators sell services from Jinan to Xining across 1 modes: Xizang 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 Jinan to Xining?

20 percent of the services we sell from Jinan to Xining are direct. The rest connect at Xi’an, Zhengzhou, Beijing, Yinchuan, with about 62 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 Jinan to Xining use?

Services from Jinan to Xining by Flight leave from Jinan TNA and arrive at Xining XNN. 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 Jinan to Xining?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Jinan to Xining 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 Jinan to Xining on September 10, 2026: 1399 km of route against 1358 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €130.53, and 5h 21m 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 Xining is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Xining

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

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