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Ürümqi to Qingdao

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Ürümqi to Qingdao. From €216.08, fastest 7h 20m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Ürümqi to Qingdao runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:21 and the last around 14:34. One passenger pays €216.08, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 20m over 2,990 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €216.08, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€216.08

  • 165%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.

  • 06:21First departure
  • 14:34Last 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

  1. about €537.63Fri18
  2. about €629.67Sat19
  3. about €420.81Sun20
  4. about €423.76Mon21
  5. about €345.88Tue22
  6. about €392.49Wed23
  7. about €403.11Thu24
  8. about €398.39Fri25
  9. about €370.66Sat26
  10. about €372.43Sun27
  11. about €309.30Mon28
  12. about €303.40Tue29
  13. about €331.72Wed30
  14. about €294.55Thu1
  15. about €290.42Fri2
  16. about €283.93Sat3
  17. about €259.74Sun4
  18. about €234.96Mon5
  19. about €216.08Tue6
  20. about €260.33Wed7
  21. about €302.81Thu8

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 hotel room

A room in Qingdao for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Qingdao 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 Qingdao

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

  1. €266.2390 days
  2. €202.5160 days
  3. €214.3145 days
  4. €252.6630 days
  5. €302.8121 days
  6. €294.5514 days
  7. €403.117 days
  8. €420.813 days
  9. €537.631 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €202.51.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 165 percent. The most expensive point is €537.63, 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.
€537.63€202.51137142130456090

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 Qingdao 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

2,990 km

2,903 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

4,054,0007,172,451

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

ÜrümqiÜrümqiQingdaoQingdao
The journey

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
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 2,990 km against 2,903 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 Hohhot, Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang, Jinan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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 Qingdao railway station

Most of the points near Qingdao 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 Ürümqi 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 Ürümqi to Qingdao?

The fastest journey from Ürümqi to Qingdao takes 7h 20m door to door, of which 4h 23m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 35m, 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 Qingdao?

The cheapest fare from Ürümqi to Qingdao is €216.08, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €391.90. 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 Qingdao?

The cheapest way from Ürümqi to Qingdao is by flight, at €216.08 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 7h 33m 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 Qingdao?

Fares from Ürümqi to Qingdao bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €202.51. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 165 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 Qingdao?

Thursday is the cheapest day to depart from Ürümqi to Qingdao, at €302.81. 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 Qingdao?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Ürümqi to Qingdao, at €206.64 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 Qingdao?

No operator record names Ürümqi to Qingdao directly. Shandong 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 Qingdao?

33 percent of the services we sell from Ürümqi to Qingdao are direct. The rest connect at Hohhot, Taiyuan, Shijiazhuang, Jinan, with about 60 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 Qingdao use?

Services from Ürümqi to Qingdao by flight leave from Ürümqi URC 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 Ürümqi to Qingdao?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Ürümqi 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.

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 Qingdao on September 17, 2026: 2990 km of route against 2903 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €216.08, and 7h 20m 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.

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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

Ürümqi reaches 73 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 256 to 4,723 km. Qingdao reaches 115 places in 10 countries, from 42 to 10,922 km.

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  • 15Countries
  • 31Operators

Arriving in Qingdao

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  • 10Countries
  • 33Operators

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