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Nantong to Chongqing

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Nantong to Chongqing. From €103.74, fastest 5h 23m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Nantong to Chongqing runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:42 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €122.27 and €129.35, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 23m over 1,436 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

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

€122.27 to €129.35

  • 142%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Nantong

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.

  • 06:42First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €236.29Wed16
  2. about €286.29Thu17
  3. about €251.48Fri18
  4. about €212.64Sat19
  5. about €197.24Sun20
  6. about €173.59Mon21
  7. about €141.74Tue22
  8. about €155.44Wed23
  9. about €191.89Thu24
  10. about €177.14Fri25
  11. about €194.49Sat26
  12. about €160.94Sun27
  13. about €140.59Mon28
  14. about €129.35Tue29
  15. about €118.59Wed30
  16. about €164.16Thu1
  17. about €133.48Fri2
  18. about €145.54Sat3
  19. about €129.94Sun4
  20. about €128.17Mon5
  21. about €103.74Tue6

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 Chongqing. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Chongqing for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Chongqing railway 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 Nantong to Chongqing

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

  1. €122.8690 days
  2. €114.6060 days
  3. €110.3445 days
  4. €124.0930 days
  5. €103.7421 days
  6. €129.3514 days
  7. €141.747 days
  8. €251.483 days
  9. €236.291 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €103.74.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 142 percent. The most expensive point is €251.48, 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.
€251.48€103.741371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Nantong to Chongqing 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

1,436 km

1,394 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

2,273,32622,000,000

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

NantongNantongChongqingChongqing
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.

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 1,436 km against 1,394 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 Nanjing, Changzhou, Wuhan, E’zhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Chongqing railway station

Most of the points near Chongqing railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Nantong to Chongqing

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 Nantong to Chongqing?

The fastest journey from Nantong to Chongqing takes 5h 23m door to door, of which 2h 20m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 32m, 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 Nantong to Chongqing?

The cheapest fare from Nantong to Chongqing is €103.74, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €183.04. 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 Nantong to Chongqing?

The cheapest way from Nantong to Chongqing is by flight, at €129.35 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 5h 30m 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 Nantong to Chongqing?

Fares from Nantong to Chongqing bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €103.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 142 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Nantong to Chongqing?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Nantong to Chongqing, at €129.35. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Nantong to Chongqing?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Nantong to Chongqing, at €99.26 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 Nantong to Chongqing?

2 operators sell services from Nantong to Chongqing across 1 mode: Shenzhen Airlines, 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 Nantong to Chongqing?

33 percent of the services we sell from Nantong to Chongqing are direct. The rest connect at Nanjing, Changzhou, Wuhan, E’zhou, with about 62 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 Nantong to Chongqing use?

Services from Nantong to Chongqing by flight leave from Nantong NTG and arrive at Chongqing CKG. 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 Nantong to Chongqing?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Nantong to Chongqing 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 Nantong to Chongqing on September 15, 2026: 1436 km of route against 1394 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €103.74, and 5h 23m 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 Chongqing a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Chongqing and across China

Day trips that leave Chongqing in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Nantong reaches 57 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 1,933 km. Chongqing reaches 149 places in 24 countries, from 60 to 9,430 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Nantong

  • 57Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 11Operators

Arriving in Chongqing

Leaving Chongqing

  • 149Places you can leave for
  • 24Countries
  • 50Operators

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