Ürümqi to Dunhuang runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:06 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €62.09, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 30m over 732 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €62.09, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€62.09
- 260%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ürümqi
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.
- 06:06First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €219.03Fri18
- about €144.69Sat19
- about €174.78Sun20
- about €125.22Mon21
- about €120.50Tue22
- about €123.45Wed23
- about €151.18Thu24
- about €103.39Fri25
- about €115.19Sat26
- about €124.63Sun27
- about €83.33Mon28
- about €95.13Tue29
- about €111.06Wed30
- about €92.18Thu1
- about €101.03Fri2
- about €85.10Sat3
- about €73.30Sun4
- about €65.04Mon5
- about €62.09Tue6
- about €64.45Wed7
- about €103.39Thu8
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 Dunhuang. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Dunhuang for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Dunhuang Railway Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Ürümqi to Dunhuang
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €75.0790 days
- €60.9160 days
- €79.7945 days
- €76.8430 days
- €103.3921 days
- €92.1814 days
- €151.187 days
- €174.783 days
- €219.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €60.91.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 260 percent. The most expensive point is €219.03, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ürümqi to Dunhuang and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
2 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
732 km
711 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
4,054,000 → 186,027
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey 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 732 km against 711 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 Korla. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 Dunhuang Railway Station
Most of the points near Dunhuang Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ürümqi to Dunhuang
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 Ürümqi to Dunhuang?
The fastest journey from Ürümqi to Dunhuang takes 4h 30m door to door, of which 1h 22m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 34m, 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 Ürümqi to Dunhuang?
The cheapest fare from Ürümqi to Dunhuang is €62.09, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €103.39. 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 Ürümqi to Dunhuang?
The cheapest way from Ürümqi to Dunhuang is by flight, at €62.09 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 32m 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 Ürümqi to Dunhuang?
Fares from Ürümqi to Dunhuang bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €60.91. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 260 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Ürümqi to Dunhuang?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ürümqi to Dunhuang, at €83.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Ürümqi to Dunhuang?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ürümqi to Dunhuang, at €58.55 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 Ürümqi to Dunhuang?
No operator record names Ürümqi to Dunhuang directly. Tianjin Airlines publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Ürümqi to Dunhuang?
50 percent of the services we sell from Ürümqi to Dunhuang are direct. The rest connect at Korla, with about 80 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 Ürümqi to Dunhuang use?
Services from Ürümqi to Dunhuang by flight leave from Ürümqi URC and arrive at Dunhuang DNH. 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 Ürümqi to Dunhuang?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Ürümqi to Dunhuang 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Ürümqi to Dunhuang on September 17, 2026: 732 km of route against 711 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €62.09, and 4h 30m 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 Dunhuang is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Dunhuang and across China
Day trips that leave Dunhuang in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ürümqi reaches 73 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 256 to 4,723 km. Dunhuang reaches 12 places in 1 countries, from 309 to 2,602 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ürümqi
- 73Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 31Operators
Arriving in Dunhuang
Leaving Dunhuang
- 12Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 9Operators