The City of London skyline as viewed toward the north-west from the top floor viewing platform of London City Hall on the southern side of the Thames. In the foreground: Dixie Queen and Millennium Time at Tower Millennium Pier. This is a 5 segment panoramic image taken by myself with a Canon 5D and 24-105mm f/4L IS lens.

Xiamen to London

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Xiamen to London. From €770.68, fastest 16h 3m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Xiamen to London runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:33 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €770.68 and €945.32, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 16h 3m over 9,936 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 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

€770.68 to €945.32

  • 179%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Xiamen

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.

  • 06:33First departure
  • 07:30Last 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 €2,019.12Mon14
  2. about €1,414.96Tue15
  3. about €1,598.45Wed16
  4. about €1,580.16Thu17
  5. about €1,558.33Fri18
  6. about €1,753.62Sat19
  7. about €1,448.59Sun20
  8. about €945.32Mon21
  9. about €1,164.80Tue22
  10. about €973.05Wed23
  11. about €1,461.57Thu24
  12. about €1,184.27Fri25
  13. about €1,416.73Sat26
  14. about €1,190.17Sun27
  15. about €904.02Mon28
  16. about €770.68Tue29
  17. about €865.67Wed30
  18. about €979.54Thu1
  19. about €960.07Fri2
  20. about €947.68Sat3
  21. about €863.31Sun4

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

A hotel room

A room in London for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from London St Pancras International 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 London

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

  1. €921.1390 days
  2. €761.8360 days
  3. €728.7945 days
  4. €724.0730 days
  5. €863.3121 days
  6. €1,190.1714 days
  7. €1,448.597 days
  8. €1,598.453 days
  9. €2,019.121 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €724.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €2,019.12, 1 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.
€2,019.12€724.071371421304560

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Xiamen to London and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

7 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

9,936 km

9,647 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

4,617,2518,961,989

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

XiamenXiamenLondonLondon
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
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 9,936 km against 9,647 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 Changsha, Krasnoyarsk, Amsterdam, Chongqing. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.

London is large, and the road in from LGW can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in London

Settled in advance, so the ride into London costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

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 London St Pancras International

Most of the points near London St Pancras International 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 Xiamen to London

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 London?

The fastest journey from Xiamen to London takes 16h 3m door to door, of which 13h 1m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 16h 55m, 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 London?

The cheapest fare from Xiamen to London is €770.68, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €1,355.08. 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 London?

The cheapest way from Xiamen to London is by flight, at €945.32 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 16h 11m 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 London?

Fares from Xiamen to London bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €724.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 179 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Xiamen to London, at €945.32. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 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 London?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Xiamen to London, at €686.90 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 London?

2 operators sell services from Xiamen to London across 1 mode: China Eastern 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 Xiamen to London?

33 percent of the services we sell from Xiamen to London are direct. The rest connect at Changsha, Krasnoyarsk, Amsterdam, Chongqing, with about 51 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 London use?

Services from Xiamen to London by flight leave from Xiamen KNH and arrive at London LGW. 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 London?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Xiamen to London 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 Xiamen to London on September 13, 2026: 9936 km of route against 9647 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €770.68, and 16h 3m 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 London 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 London and across United Kingdom

Day trips that leave London in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Xiamen reaches 106 places in 19 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 11,200 km. London reaches 520 places in 109 countries, from 17 to 11,718 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Xiamen

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

Arriving in London

Leaving London

  • 520Places you can leave for
  • 109Countries
  • 196Operators

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