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Ürümqi to Kashgar

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Ürümqi to Kashgar. From €87.46, fastest 4h 58m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Ürümqi to Kashgar runs about 42 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 20:24. One passenger pays between €87.46 and €95.13, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 58m over 1,110 km, on services run by 6 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€87.46 to €95.13

  • 123%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.

  • 06:03First departure
  • 20:24Last departure
  • 42Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €164.16Tue15
  2. about €175.37Wed16
  3. about €177.73Thu17
  4. about €167.11Fri18
  5. about €171.83Sat19
  6. about €162.98Sun20
  7. about €111.06Mon21
  8. about €108.70Tue22
  9. about €115.78Wed23
  10. about €145.87Thu24
  11. about €134.07Fri25
  12. about €137.61Sat26
  13. about €129.35Sun27
  14. about €94.54Mon28
  15. about €92.18Tue29
  16. about €98.67Wed30
  17. about €113.42Thu1
  18. about €105.16Fri2
  19. about €108.70Sat3
  20. about €102.21Sun4
  21. about €87.46Mon5

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

A hotel room

A room in Kashgar for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Kashgar 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 Ürümqi to Kashgar

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

  1. €103.9890 days
  2. €87.4660 days
  3. €98.0845 days
  4. €79.7930 days
  5. €87.4621 days
  6. €94.5414 days
  7. €111.067 days
  8. €177.733 days
  9. €164.161 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €79.79.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 123 percent. The most expensive point is €177.73, 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.
€177.73€79.791371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Ürümqi to Kashgar 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

1,110 km

1,077 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

4,054,000506,640

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

ÜrümqiÜrümqiKashgarKashgar
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,110 km against 1,077 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

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 Kashgar railway station

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

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Questions about Ürümqi to Kashgar

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 Kashgar?

The fastest journey from Ürümqi to Kashgar takes 4h 58m door to door, of which 1h 49m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 5m, 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 Kashgar?

The cheapest fare from Ürümqi to Kashgar is €87.46, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €150.00. 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 Kashgar?

The cheapest way from Ürümqi to Kashgar is by flight, at €94.54 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 59m 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 Kashgar?

Fares from Ürümqi to Kashgar bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €79.79. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 123 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 Ürümqi to Kashgar?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Ürümqi to Kashgar, at €94.54. 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 Ürümqi to Kashgar?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Ürümqi to Kashgar, at €73.89 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 Kashgar?

6 operators sell services from Ürümqi to Kashgar across 1 mode: Air China, Chengdu Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Tianjin 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 Ürümqi to Kashgar?

Every service we sell from Ürümqi to Kashgar is direct, with around 42 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 58m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Ürümqi to Kashgar use?

Services from Ürümqi to Kashgar by flight leave from Ürümqi URC and arrive at Kashgar KHG. 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 Kashgar?

0 of the 6 operators we sell from Ürümqi to Kashgar 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 Ürümqi to Kashgar on September 14, 2026: 1110 km of route against 1077 km in a straight line, 42 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €87.46, and 4h 58m 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 Kashgar is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Kashgar and across China

Day trips that leave Kashgar 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. Kashgar reaches 8 places in 1 countries, from 664 to 4,179 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Ürümqi

  • 73Places you can leave for
  • 15Countries
  • 31Operators

Arriving in Kashgar

Leaving Kashgar

  • 8Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 11Operators

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