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Xiamen to Haikou

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Xiamen to Haikou. From €80.97, fastest 4h 47m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Xiamen to Haikou runs about 7 times a day, with the first departure around 06:21 and the last around 14:35. One passenger pays between €80.97 and €95.72, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 47m over 965 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€80.97 to €95.72

  • 230%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Xiamen

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:21First departure
  • 14:35Last departure
  • 7Services per day
  • 86%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €247.94Thu24
  2. about €203.10Fri25
  3. about €207.82Sat26
  4. about €142.92Sun27
  5. about €122.27Mon28
  6. about €121.68Tue29
  7. about €135.84Wed30
  8. about €121.09Thu1
  9. about €111.65Fri2
  10. about €121.09Sat3
  11. about €109.29Sun4
  12. about €90.41Mon5
  13. about €95.72Tue6
  14. about €102.80Wed7
  15. about €106.34Thu8
  16. about €101.03Fri9
  17. about €94.54Sat10
  18. about €93.36Sun11
  19. about €80.97Mon12
  20. about €81.56Tue13
  21. about €91.59Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Haikou. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Haikou for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Haikou 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 Xiamen to Haikou

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

  1. €83.9290 days
  2. €75.0760 days
  3. €82.1545 days
  4. €85.1030 days
  5. €91.5921 days
  6. €102.8014 days
  7. €135.847 days
  8. €207.823 days
  9. €247.941 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €75.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 230 percent. The most expensive point is €247.94, 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.
€247.94€75.07137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Xiamen to Haikou 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

965 km

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

Who lives at each end

4,617,2513,001,600

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

ChinaLaosVietnamTaiwanSouth China SeaGuangzhouGuangzhouTaipeiTaipeiNanningNanningKunmingKunmingGuiyangGuiyangFuzhouFuzhouZhongshanZhongshanKaohsiung CityKaohsiung CityHaiphongHaiphongGanzhouGanzhouTainanTainanQingyuanQingyuanGuilinGuilinPutianPutianLiuzhouLiuzhouQujingQujingXiamenXiamenHaikouHaikouMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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
60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 965 km against 937 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 Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Jieyang, Huizhou. 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.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Haikou railway station

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

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Questions about Xiamen to Haikou

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 Xiamen to Haikou?

The fastest journey from Xiamen to Haikou takes 4h 47m door to door, of which 1h 38m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 53m, 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 Xiamen to Haikou?

The cheapest fare from Xiamen to Haikou is €80.97, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €127.29. 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 Xiamen to Haikou?

The cheapest way from Xiamen to Haikou is by flight, at €80.97 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 4h 48m 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 Xiamen to Haikou?

Fares from Xiamen to Haikou bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €75.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 230 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Xiamen to Haikou?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Xiamen to Haikou, at €90.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Xiamen to Haikou?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Xiamen to Haikou, at €67.40 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 Xiamen to Haikou?

China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, Xiamen Airlines publish service areas covering both Xiamen and Haikou, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Xiamen to Haikou?

60 percent of the services we sell from Xiamen to Haikou are direct. The rest connect at Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Jieyang, Huizhou, 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 Xiamen to Haikou use?

Services from Xiamen to Haikou by flight leave from Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport XMN and arrive at Haikou Meilan International Airport HAK. 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 Xiamen to Haikou?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Xiamen to Haikou 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Xiamen to Haikou on September 23, 2026: 965 km of route against 937 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €80.97, and 4h 47m 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 Haikou a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Haikou and across China

Day trips that leave Haikou in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Xiamen reaches 114 places in 20 countries on services we hold, over distances from 24 to 11,200 km. Haikou reaches 71 places in 10 countries, from 70 to 9,262 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Xiamen

  • 114Places you can leave for
  • 20Countries
  • 44Operators

Arriving in Haikou

Leaving Haikou

  • 71Places you can leave for
  • 10Countries
  • 37Operators

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