Mae Sot to Jinan runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:28 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €217.26 and €240.27, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 18m over 2,951 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
€217.26 to €240.27
- 128%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Mae Sot
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.
- 06:28First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €496.33Tue15
- about €505.77Wed16
- about €484.53Thu17
- about €493.97Fri18
- about €466.24Sat19
- about €437.33Sun20
- about €367.71Mon21
- about €384.82Tue22
- about €381.87Wed23
- about €407.24Thu24
- about €471.55Fri25
- about €387.18Sat26
- about €337.03Sun27
- about €240.27Mon28
- about €256.79Tue29
- about €293.96Wed30
- about €311.07Thu1
- about €280.39Fri2
- about €328.18Sat3
- about €346.47Sun4
- about €217.26Mon5
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 Jinan. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Jinan for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Mae Sot to Jinan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €299.2790 days
- €268.5960 days
- €256.2045 days
- €232.6030 days
- €217.2621 days
- €240.2714 days
- €367.717 days
- €484.533 days
- €496.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €217.26.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 128 percent. The most expensive point is €496.33, 1 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 Mae Sot to Jinan and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
2,951 km
2,865 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
44,563 → 8,352,574
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 2,951 km against 2,865 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 Bangkok, Yunjinghong. The gap between arriving and leaving is 91 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 Jinan railway station
Most of the points near Jinan railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Mae Sot to Jinan
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 Mae Sot to Jinan?
The fastest journey from Mae Sot to Jinan takes 7h 18m door to door, of which 4h 41m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 37m, 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 Mae Sot to Jinan?
The cheapest fare from Mae Sot to Jinan is €217.26, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €386.59. 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 Mae Sot to Jinan?
The cheapest way from Mae Sot to Jinan is by flight, at €240.27 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 7h 51m 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 Mae Sot to Jinan?
Fares from Mae Sot to Jinan bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €217.26. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 128 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 Mae Sot to Jinan?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Mae Sot to Jinan, at €240.27. 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 Mae Sot to Jinan?
January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Mae Sot to Jinan, at €247.35 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 Mae Sot to Jinan?
1 operators sell services from Mae Sot to Jinan across 1 mode: China Southern 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 Mae Sot to Jinan?
33 percent of the services we sell from Mae Sot to Jinan are direct. The rest connect at Bangkok, Yunjinghong, with about 91 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 Mae Sot to Jinan use?
Services from Mae Sot to Jinan by flight leave from Mae Sot MAQ and arrive at Jinan TNA. 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 Mae Sot to Jinan?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Mae Sot to Jinan 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 Mae Sot to Jinan on September 14, 2026: 2951 km of route against 2865 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €217.26, and 7h 18m 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 Jinan a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Jinan and across China
Day trips that leave Jinan in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Mae Sot reaches 3 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 389 to 2,865 km. Jinan reaches 81 places in 8 countries, from 45 to 8,374 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Mae Sot
- 3Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Jinan
Leaving Jinan
- 81Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 24Operators