Johannesburg to Beijing runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:00 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €938.24, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 18h 43m over 12,058 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €938.24, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026
€938.24
- 256%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Johannesburg
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.
- 06:00First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €2,921.23Fri18
- about €2,531.24Sat19
- about €2,105.85Sun20
- about €1,582.52Mon21
- about €1,459.21Tue22
- about €1,915.28Wed23
- about €2,297.60Thu24
- about €1,407.88Fri25
- about €1,492.25Sat26
- about €1,700.52Sun27
- about €1,423.22Mon28
- about €1,370.71Tue29
- about €1,452.72Wed30
- about €1,443.87Thu1
- about €1,220.85Fri2
- about €1,238.55Sat3
- about €1,151.82Sun4
- about €968.92Mon5
- about €968.33Tue6
- about €938.24Wed7
- about €1,442.10Thu8
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 Beijing. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Beijing for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Beijing Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Johannesburg to Beijing
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €1,150.6490 days
- €820.2460 days
- €890.4545 days
- €1,158.3130 days
- €1,442.1021 days
- €1,443.8714 days
- €2,297.607 days
- €2,105.853 days
- €2,921.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €820.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 256 percent. The most expensive point is €2,921.23, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Johannesburg to Beijing and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
6 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
12,058 km
11,706 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
9,418,183 → 18,960,744
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/1
1 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 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 12,058 km against 11,706 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 Abu Dhabi, Mahébourg, Dubai, Bangkok. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
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 Beijing Railway Station
Most of the points near Beijing Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Johannesburg to Beijing
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 Johannesburg to Beijing?
The fastest journey from Johannesburg to Beijing takes 18h 43m door to door, of which 16h 29m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 19h 41m, 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 Johannesburg to Beijing?
The cheapest fare from Johannesburg to Beijing is €938.24, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,596.09. 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 Johannesburg to Beijing?
The cheapest way from Johannesburg to Beijing is by flight, at €938.24 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 19h 39m 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 Johannesburg to Beijing?
Fares from Johannesburg to Beijing bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €820.24. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 256 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Johannesburg to Beijing?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Johannesburg to Beijing, at €1,370.71. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Johannesburg to Beijing?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Johannesburg to Beijing, at €847.38 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 Johannesburg to Beijing?
No operator record names Johannesburg to Beijing directly. South African Airways publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Johannesburg to Beijing?
20 percent of the services we sell from Johannesburg to Beijing are direct. The rest connect at Abu Dhabi, Mahébourg, Dubai, Bangkok, with about 49 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 Johannesburg to Beijing use?
Services from Johannesburg to Beijing by flight leave from Johannesburg JNB and arrive at Beijing PEK. 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 Johannesburg to Beijing?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Johannesburg to Beijing 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Johannesburg to Beijing on September 17, 2026: 12058 km of route against 11706 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €938.24, and 18h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Beijing a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Beijing and across China
Day trips that leave Beijing in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Johannesburg reaches 104 places in 45 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 13,566 km. Beijing reaches 255 places in 59 countries, from 58 to 11,757 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Johannesburg
- 104Places you can leave for
- 45Countries
- 46Operators
Arriving in Beijing
Leaving Beijing
- 255Places you can leave for
- 59Countries
- 82Operators