Nanchang to Kunming

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Nanchang to Kunming. From €115.19, fastest 5h 20m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Nanchang to Kunming costs €115.19 at the cheapest and takes 5h 20m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 4 operators. The route covers 1,404 km. Cheapest is by flight, fastest is by flight.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,404 km
Fastest
5h 20m
Average
5h 29m
Services per day
24
Cheapest
€115.19
CO2 per passenger
345.4 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 29, 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€135.25345.4 kg24
  • 5h 21mFastest, by Flight
  • €135.25Cheapest, by Flight
  • 345.4 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,404 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€115.19
  1. Air Travel AT298117:072h 13m19:20Nanchang KHNKunming KMG

Door to door 5h 23mCO2 345.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€120.50
  1. China Eastern Airlines CE177609:002h 11m11:11Nanchang KHNKunming KMG

Door to door 5h 21mCO2 345.4 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.

Checking the live timetables.

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 Nanchang to Kunming
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Nanchang to KunmingSunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25SatSep 26
Flight€278.03€207.82€206.05€178.32€225.52€206.64€216.08€161.21€148.82€135.25€147.64€191.30€168.88€178.91

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €115.19

The flight gets you into Kunming. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Kunming for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Kunming South Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Nanchang to Kunming

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

  1. €145.8790 days
  2. €92.7760 days
  3. €93.3645 days
  4. €95.1330 days
  5. €137.0221 days
  6. €178.9114 days
  7. €216.087 days
  8. €206.053 days
  9. €278.031 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €92.77.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 200 percent. The most expensive point is €278.03, 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.
€278.03€92.771371421304560

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. €161.21Sun
  2. €148.82Mon
  3. €135.25Tue
  4. €147.64Wed
  5. €191.30Thu
  6. €168.88Fri
  7. €178.91Sat
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. €206.05Sep
  2. €122.86Oct
  3. €108.70Nov
  4. €109.88Dec
  5. €112.83Jan
  6. €93.36Feb

The route

NanchangNanchangKunmingKunming
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,404 km against 1,364 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Nanchang at 06:21 and the last at 20:04, across 24 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.

Nanchang

Rail
  • Nanchang railway station
  • Nanchangbei Railway Station
  • Nanchang East railway station
Bus
  • 万科总站
  • 徐坊客运站
Air
  • KHN
Ferry
  • 南门码头
  • 春蔬码头

Kunming

Rail
  • Kunming South Station
  • Kunming railway station
  • Kunming Railway Station
Bus
  • Kunming East Bus Terminal
  • 北市区车场
Air
  • KMG
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.
OperatorFromFastest
Air Travel€115.195h 21m
China Eastern Airlines€120.505h 21m
Jiangxi Air€119.325h 20m
Shenzhen Airlines€115.195h 21m
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 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€90.0078%
Taxes€16.2014%
Supplier fees€7.006%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€115.19100%

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Kunming South Station

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Nanchang to Kunming

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 Nanchang to Kunming?

The fastest journey from Nanchang to Kunming takes 5h 20m 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 Nanchang to Kunming?

The cheapest fare from Nanchang to Kunming is €115.19, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €193.66. 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 Nanchang to Kunming?

The cheapest way from Nanchang to Kunming is by flight, at €135.25 for one passenger on September 29, 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 Nanchang to Kunming?

Fares from Nanchang to Kunming bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €92.77. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 200 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Nanchang to Kunming?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Nanchang to Kunming, at €135.25. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 12, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Nanchang to Kunming?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Nanchang to Kunming, at €93.36 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 Nanchang to Kunming?

4 operators sell services from Nanchang to Kunming across 1 mode: Air Travel, China Eastern Airlines, Jiangxi Air, Shenzhen 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 Nanchang to Kunming?

Every service we sell from Nanchang to Kunming is direct, with around 24 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 20m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Nanchang to Kunming use?

Services from Nanchang to Kunming by flight leave from Nanchang KHN and arrive at Kunming KMG. 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 Nanchang to Kunming?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Nanchang to Kunming 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 Nanchang to Kunming on September 12, 2026: 1404 km of route against 1364 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €115.19, and 5h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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