Kunming to Jinghong runs about 15 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 18:49. One passenger pays between €39.08 and €47.34, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 5m over 401 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€39.08 to €47.34
- 135%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kunming
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.
- 06:03First departure
- 18:49Last departure
- 15Services per day
- 80%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €79.20Mon14
- about €65.04Tue15
- about €74.48Wed16
- about €77.43Thu17
- about €66.22Fri18
- about €69.17Sat19
- about €66.22Sun20
- about €47.34Mon21
- about €47.34Tue22
- about €48.52Wed23
- about €57.96Thu24
- about €55.60Fri25
- about €58.55Sat26
- about €52.65Sun27
- about €40.26Mon28
- about €39.08Tue29
- about €41.44Wed30
- about €50.29Thu1
- about €44.98Fri2
- about €45.57Sat3
- about €42.62Sun4
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 Jinghong. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Jinghong for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Kunming to Jinghong
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.7590 days
- €39.0860 days
- €34.9545 days
- €33.7730 days
- €42.6221 days
- €52.6514 days
- €66.227 days
- €74.483 days
- €79.201 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €33.77.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 135 percent. The most expensive point is €79.20, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Kunming to Jinghong 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
401 km
389 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
5,950,578 → 205,523
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.
- Direct or connecting
- 80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 401 km against 389 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 Dali, Tengyue, Lijiang. 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 Yexianggu Railway Station
Most of the points near Yexianggu Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Kunming to Jinghong
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 Kunming to Jinghong?
The fastest journey from Kunming to Jinghong takes 4h 5m door to door, of which 56m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 8m, 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 Kunming to Jinghong?
The cheapest fare from Kunming to Jinghong is €39.08, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €60.91. 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 Kunming to Jinghong?
The cheapest way from Kunming to Jinghong is by flight, at €47.34 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 6m 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 Kunming to Jinghong?
Fares from Kunming to Jinghong bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €33.77. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 135 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 Kunming to Jinghong?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Kunming to Jinghong, at €47.34. 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 Kunming to Jinghong?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kunming to Jinghong, at €33.18 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 Kunming to Jinghong?
3 operators sell services from Kunming to Jinghong across 1 mode: China Eastern Airlines, Lucky Air, Sichuan 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 Kunming to Jinghong?
80 percent of the services we sell from Kunming to Jinghong are direct. The rest connect at Dali, Tengyue, Lijiang, 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 Kunming to Jinghong use?
Services from Kunming to Jinghong by flight leave from Kunming KMG and arrive at Yunjinghong JHG. 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 Kunming to Jinghong?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Kunming to Jinghong 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 Kunming to Jinghong on September 13, 2026: 401 km of route against 389 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €39.08, and 4h 5m 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 Jinghong is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Kunming reaches 110 places in 17 countries on services we hold, over distances from 67 to 4,750 km. Jinghong reaches 31 places in 3 countries, from 275 to 2,476 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kunming
- 110Places you can leave for
- 17Countries
- 38Operators
Arriving in Jinghong
Leaving Jinghong
- 31Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 21Operators