Yantai to Nanjing runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:23 and the last around 14:36. One passenger pays between €65.04 and €89.82, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 25m over 656 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€65.04 to €89.82
- 132%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Yantai
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.
- 06:23First departure
- 14:36Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €122.27Mon14
- about €115.78Tue15
- about €119.32Wed16
- about €125.22Thu17
- about €104.57Fri18
- about €150.59Sat19
- about €118.59Sun20
- about €95.13Mon21
- about €89.82Tue22
- about €89.44Wed23
- about €103.98Thu24
- about €101.03Fri25
- about €108.69Sat26
- about €110.47Sun27
- about €65.04Mon28
- about €74.48Tue29
- about €73.89Wed30
- about €98.24Thu1
- about €72.71Fri2
- about €93.36Sat3
- about €65.04Sun4
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 Nanjing. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nanjing for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Yantai to Nanjing
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €80.3890 days
- €75.0760 days
- €65.0445 days
- €52.6530 days
- €65.0421 days
- €110.4714 days
- €118.597 days
- €119.323 days
- €122.271 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €52.65.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 132 percent. The most expensive point is €122.27, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Yantai to Nanjing 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
656 km
649 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
7,102,100 → 9,314,685
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
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 actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 656 km against 649 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Huai'an, Qingdao, Yangzhou, Weifang. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
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 Nanjing railway station
Most of the points near Nanjing railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Yantai to Nanjing
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 Yantai to Nanjing?
The fastest journey from Yantai to Nanjing takes 4h 25m door to door, of which 1h 23m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 9m, 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 Yantai to Nanjing?
The cheapest fare from Yantai to Nanjing is €65.04, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €110.89. 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 Yantai to Nanjing?
The cheapest way from Yantai to Nanjing is by train, at €89.44 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 5h 12m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Yantai to Nanjing?
The fastest way from Yantai to Nanjing is by flight, at 4h 33m door to door. Only 1h 23m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €89.82.
When should I book Yantai to Nanjing?
Fares from Yantai to Nanjing bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €52.65. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 132 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 Yantai to Nanjing?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Yantai to Nanjing, at €89.44. 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 Yantai to Nanjing?
December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Yantai to Nanjing, at €56.78 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 Yantai to Nanjing?
2 operators sell services from Yantai to Nanjing across 2 modes: China Railway, Shandong 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 Yantai to Nanjing?
43 percent of the services we sell from Yantai to Nanjing are direct. The rest connect at Huai'an, Qingdao, Yangzhou, Weifang, with about 48 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Yantai to Nanjing produce?
Traveling from Yantai to Nanjing by train produces about 21.4 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 164.6 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Yantai to Nanjing use?
Services from Yantai to Nanjing by flight leave from Yantai YNT and arrive at Nanjing NKG. 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 Yantai to Nanjing?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Yantai to Nanjing 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 Yantai to Nanjing on September 13, 2026: 656 km of route against 649 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €65.04, and 4h 25m 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 Nanjing a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Nanjing and across China
Day trips that leave Nanjing in the morning and cover a good part of China by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Yantai reaches 43 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 160 to 8,439 km. Nanjing reaches 121 places in 14 countries, from 44 to 11,363 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Yantai
- 43Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 19Operators
Arriving in Nanjing
Leaving Nanjing
- 121Places you can leave for
- 14Countries
- 41Operators