Taiyuan to Qingdao runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €67.99 and €76.25, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 31m over 745 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
€67.99 to €76.25
- 141%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Taiyuan
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
- 6Services 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 €133.48Tue15
- about €131.71Wed16
- about €156.49Thu17
- about €147.05Fri18
- about €134.66Sat19
- about €127.58Sun20
- about €115.78Mon21
- about €76.25Tue22
- about €85.10Wed23
- about €116.96Thu24
- about €132.89Fri25
- about €103.98Sat26
- about €101.62Sun27
- about €78.02Mon28
- about €68.58Tue29
- about €96.90Wed30
- about €80.38Thu1
- about €82.74Fri2
- about €76.25Sat3
- about €88.64Sun4
- about €67.99Mon5
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 Qingdao. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Qingdao for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Taiyuan to Qingdao
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €83.9290 days
- €68.5860 days
- €73.8945 days
- €65.0430 days
- €67.9921 days
- €78.0214 days
- €115.787 days
- €156.493 days
- €133.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €65.04.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 141 percent. The most expensive point is €156.49, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Taiyuan to Qingdao 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
745 km
723 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
5,305,061 → 7,172,451
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 745 km against 723 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 Beijing, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Tangshan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Qingdao railway station
Most of the points near Qingdao railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Taiyuan to Qingdao
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 Taiyuan to Qingdao?
The fastest journey from Taiyuan to Qingdao takes 4h 31m door to door, of which 1h 24m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 36m, 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 Taiyuan to Qingdao?
The cheapest fare from Taiyuan to Qingdao is €67.99, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €102.80. 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 Taiyuan to Qingdao?
The cheapest way from Taiyuan to Qingdao is by flight, at €76.25 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 34m 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 Taiyuan to Qingdao?
Fares from Taiyuan to Qingdao bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €65.04. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 141 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 Taiyuan to Qingdao?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Taiyuan to Qingdao, at €76.25. 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 Taiyuan to Qingdao?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Taiyuan to Qingdao, at €53.83 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 Taiyuan to Qingdao?
2 operators sell services from Taiyuan to Qingdao across 1 mode: China Eastern Airlines, Shandong 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 Taiyuan to Qingdao?
33 percent of the services we sell from Taiyuan to Qingdao are direct. The rest connect at Beijing, Zhengzhou, Jinan, Tangshan, with about 50 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 Taiyuan to Qingdao use?
Services from Taiyuan to Qingdao by flight leave from Taiyuan TYN and arrive at Qingdao TAO. 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 Taiyuan to Qingdao?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Taiyuan to Qingdao 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 Taiyuan to Qingdao on September 14, 2026: 745 km of route against 723 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €67.99, and 4h 31m 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 Qingdao a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Qingdao and across China
Day trips that leave Qingdao in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Taiyuan reaches 47 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 194 to 2,201 km. Qingdao reaches 115 places in 10 countries, from 42 to 10,922 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Taiyuan
- 47Places you can leave for
- 4Countries
- 25Operators
Arriving in Qingdao
Leaving Qingdao
- 115Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 33Operators