Shenzhen to Ürümqi runs about 15 times a day, with the first departure around 06:34 and the last around 18:51. One passenger pays between €278.03 and €322.28, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 57m over 3,487 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
€278.03 to €322.28
- 164%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Shenzhen
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.
- 06:34First departure
- 18:51Last 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 €573.99Mon14
- about €499.87Tue15
- about €534.68Wed16
- about €541.76Thu17
- about €501.39Fri18
- about €564.18Sat19
- about €462.89Sun20
- about €341.34Mon21
- about €322.28Tue22
- about €338.04Wed23
- about €448.54Thu24
- about €422.58Fri25
- about €410.78Sat26
- about €387.18Sun27
- about €282.75Mon28
- about €262.14Tue29
- about €292.19Wed30
- about €336.44Thu1
- about €319.34Fri2
- about €354.14Sat3
- about €307.53Sun4
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 Ürümqi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Ürümqi for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Shenzhen to Ürümqi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €332.5490 days
- €276.8560 days
- €217.5945 days
- €224.9330 days
- €307.5321 days
- €387.1814 days
- €462.897 days
- €534.683 days
- €573.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €217.59.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 164 percent. The most expensive point is €573.99, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Shenzhen to Ürümqi and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
3,487 km
3,385 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
17,494,398 → 4,054,000
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
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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 3,487 km against 3,385 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, Nanchong, Guangzhou, Chengdu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Ürümqi railway station
Most of the points near Ürümqi railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Shenzhen to Ürümqi
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 Shenzhen to Ürümqi?
The fastest journey from Shenzhen to Ürümqi takes 7h 57m door to door, of which 4h 48m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 20m, 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 Shenzhen to Ürümqi?
The cheapest fare from Shenzhen to Ürümqi is €262.14, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €462.70. 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 Shenzhen to Ürümqi?
The cheapest way from Shenzhen to Ürümqi is by flight, at €322.28 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 7h 58m 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 Shenzhen to Ürümqi?
Fares from Shenzhen to Ürümqi bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €217.59. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 164 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 Shenzhen to Ürümqi?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Shenzhen to Ürümqi, at €322.28. 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 Shenzhen to Ürümqi?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Shenzhen to Ürümqi, at €216.67 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 Shenzhen to Ürümqi?
3 operators sell services from Shenzhen to Ürümqi across 1 mode: China Southern Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Urumqi Air. 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 Shenzhen to Ürümqi?
75 percent of the services we sell from Shenzhen to Ürümqi are direct. The rest connect at Chongqing, Nanchong, Guangzhou, Chengdu, with about 46 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 Shenzhen to Ürümqi use?
Services from Shenzhen to Ürümqi by flight leave from Shenzhen SZX and arrive at Ürümqi URC. 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 Shenzhen to Ürümqi?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Shenzhen to Ürümqi 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 Shenzhen to Ürümqi on September 13, 2026: 3487 km of route against 3385 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €262.14, and 7h 57m 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 Ürümqi is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Ürümqi and across China
Day trips that leave Ürümqi in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Shenzhen reaches 160 places in 27 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 12,514 km. Ürümqi reaches 73 places in 15 countries, from 256 to 4,723 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Shenzhen
- 160Places you can leave for
- 27Countries
- 57Operators
Arriving in Ürümqi
Leaving Ürümqi
- 73Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 31Operators