A breathtaking view of Xiamen's skyline with skyscrapers and urban structures at dusk.

Taiyuan to Xiamen

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Taiyuan to Xiamen. From €128.17, fastest 5h 37m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Taiyuan to Xiamen runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:21 and the last around 14:34. One passenger pays between €128.17 and €131.71, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 37m over 1,625 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

€128.17 to €131.71

  • 100%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.

  • 06:21First departure
  • 14:34Last departure
  • 8Services 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 €256.20Wed16
  2. about €315.79Thu17
  3. about €237.32Fri18
  4. about €246.76Sat19
  5. about €248.53Sun20
  6. about €200.15Mon21
  7. about €161.80Tue22
  8. about €166.52Wed23
  9. about €230.83Thu24
  10. about €198.38Fri25
  11. about €212.54Sat26
  12. about €224.93Sun27
  13. about €168.29Mon28
  14. about €131.71Tue29
  15. about €152.95Wed30
  16. about €174.78Thu1
  17. about €148.82Fri2
  18. about €162.39Sat3
  19. about €147.64Sun4
  20. about €132.89Mon5
  21. about €128.17Tue6

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

A hotel room

A room in Xiamen for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Xiamen 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 Taiyuan to Xiamen

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

  1. €131.1290 days
  2. €130.5360 days
  3. €138.7945 days
  4. €167.7030 days
  5. €128.1721 days
  6. €131.7114 days
  7. €161.807 days
  8. €237.323 days
  9. €256.201 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €128.17.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 100 percent. The most expensive point is €256.20, 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.
€256.20€128.171371421304560

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Taiyuan to Xiamen 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

1,625 km

1,578 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

5,305,0614,617,251

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

TaiyuanTaiyuanXiamenXiamen
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
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,625 km against 1,578 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 Wuhan, Changzhi, Nanchang, Zhengzhou. The gap between arriving and leaving is 68 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Xiamen railway station

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

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Taiyuan to Xiamen

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 Xiamen?

The fastest journey from Taiyuan to Xiamen takes 5h 37m door to door, of which 2h 37m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 47m, 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 Xiamen?

The cheapest fare from Taiyuan to Xiamen is €128.17, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €214.02. 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 Xiamen?

The cheapest way from Taiyuan to Xiamen is by flight, at €131.71 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 5h 47m 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 Xiamen?

Fares from Taiyuan to Xiamen bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €128.17. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 100 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 Taiyuan to Xiamen?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Taiyuan to Xiamen, at €131.71. 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 Taiyuan to Xiamen?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Taiyuan to Xiamen, at €105.75 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 Xiamen?

2 operators sell services from Taiyuan to Xiamen across 1 mode: Shandong Airlines, Xiamen 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 Xiamen?

50 percent of the services we sell from Taiyuan to Xiamen are direct. The rest connect at Wuhan, Changzhi, Nanchang, Zhengzhou, with about 68 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 Xiamen use?

Services from Taiyuan to Xiamen by flight leave from Taiyuan TYN and arrive at Xiamen KNH. 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 Xiamen?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Taiyuan to Xiamen 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 Xiamen on September 15, 2026: 1625 km of route against 1578 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €128.17, and 5h 37m 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 Xiamen 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 Xiamen and across China

Day trips that leave Xiamen 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. Xiamen reaches 106 places in 19 countries, from 43 to 11,200 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Taiyuan

  • 47Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 25Operators

Arriving in Xiamen

Leaving Xiamen

  • 106Places you can leave for
  • 19Countries
  • 40Operators

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