London to Xiamen runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €770.68 and €833.81, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 16h 2m over 9,936 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€770.68 to €833.81
- 132%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving London
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
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 40%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,414.96Tue15
- about €1,797.28Wed16
- about €1,577.74Thu17
- about €1,542.99Fri18
- about €1,717.04Sat19
- about €1,368.35Sun20
- about €945.32Mon21
- about €989.57Tue22
- about €924.89Wed23
- about €1,389.59Thu24
- about €1,227.93Fri25
- about €1,174.04Sat26
- about €1,185.59Sun27
- about €808.84Mon28
- about €770.68Tue29
- about €841.29Wed30
- about €976.59Thu1
- about €960.07Fri2
- about €947.68Sat3
- about €895.76Sun4
- about €680.14Mon5
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 Xiamen. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Xiamen for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Xiamen railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book London to Xiamen
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €859.9990 days
- €836.7660 days
- €840.8945 days
- €695.1630 days
- €680.1421 days
- €808.8414 days
- €945.327 days
- €1,577.743 days
- €1,414.961 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €680.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 132 percent. The most expensive point is €1,577.74, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to London to Xiamen and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
7 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
9,936 km
9,647 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
8,961,989 → 4,617,251
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 9,936 km against 9,647 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 Chongqing, Krasnoyarsk, Amsterdam, Changsha. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Xiamen railway station
Most of the points near Xiamen railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about London to Xiamen
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 London to Xiamen?
The fastest journey from London to Xiamen takes 16h 2m door to door, of which 14h 51m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 17h 11m, 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 London to Xiamen?
The cheapest fare from London to Xiamen is €680.14, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,229.41. 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 London to Xiamen?
The cheapest way from London to Xiamen is by flight, at €833.81 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 18h 1m 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 London to Xiamen?
Fares from London to Xiamen bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €680.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 132 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for London to Xiamen?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from London to Xiamen, at €808.84. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for London to Xiamen?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from London to Xiamen, at €656.81 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 London to Xiamen?
2 operators sell services from London to Xiamen across 1 mode: China Eastern Airlines, Xiamen 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 London to Xiamen?
33 percent of the services we sell from London to Xiamen are direct. The rest connect at Chongqing, Krasnoyarsk, Amsterdam, Changsha, with about 66 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 London to Xiamen use?
Services from London to Xiamen by flight leave from London STN and arrive at Xiamen XMN. 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 London to Xiamen?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from London to Xiamen 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 London to Xiamen on September 14, 2026: 9936 km of route against 9647 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €680.14, and 16h 2m 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 Xiamen a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Xiamen and across China
Day trips that leave Xiamen in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
London reaches 520 places in 109 countries on services we hold, over distances from 17 to 11,718 km. Xiamen reaches 106 places in 19 countries, from 43 to 11,200 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving London
- 520Places you can leave for
- 109Countries
- 196Operators
Arriving in Xiamen
Leaving Xiamen
- 106Places you can leave for
- 19Countries
- 40Operators