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Yichang to Xi'an

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Yichang to Xi'an. From €46.75, fastest 4h 10m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Yichang to Xi'an runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 14:38. One passenger pays between €46.75 and €56.19, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 10m over 465 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

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

Typical fares

€46.75 to €56.19

  • 158%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Yichang

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.

  • 06:25First departure
  • 14:38Last departure
  • 2Services 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 €105.16Mon14
  2. about €102.64Tue15
  3. about €106.93Wed16
  4. about €88.64Thu17
  5. about €96.31Fri18
  6. about €85.69Sat19
  7. about €73.89Sun20
  8. about €61.50Mon21
  9. about €56.19Tue22
  10. about €59.73Wed23
  11. about €78.02Thu24
  12. about €67.40Fri25
  13. about €64.45Sat26
  14. about €71.53Sun27
  15. about €49.70Mon28
  16. about €49.11Tue29
  17. about €46.75Wed30
  18. about €62.68Thu1
  19. about €51.47Fri2
  20. about €50.29Sat3
  21. about €53.83Sun4

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 Xi'an. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Xi'an for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Xi'an 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 Yichang to Xi'an

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

  1. €54.4290 days
  2. €55.0160 days
  3. €41.4445 days
  4. €42.0330 days
  5. €53.8321 days
  6. €71.5314 days
  7. €73.897 days
  8. €106.933 days
  9. €105.161 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €41.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 158 percent. The most expensive point is €106.93, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€106.93€41.441371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Yichang to Xi'an 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

465 km

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

Who lives at each end

1,350,15012,952,907

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

YichangYichangXi’anXi’an
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 465 km against 452 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 Nanyang, Wanzhou, Xiangyang, Ankang. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Xi'an railway station

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

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Questions about Yichang to Xi'an

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 Yichang to Xi'an?

The fastest journey from Yichang to Xi'an takes 4h 10m door to door, of which 1h 2m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 12m, 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 Yichang to Xi'an?

The cheapest fare from Yichang to Xi'an is €46.75, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €69.17. 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 Yichang to Xi'an?

The cheapest way from Yichang to Xi'an is by flight, at €56.19 for one passenger on September 30, 2026. That journey takes 4h 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.

When should I book Yichang to Xi'an?

Fares from Yichang to Xi'an bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €41.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 158 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 Yichang to Xi'an?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Yichang to Xi'an, at €56.19. 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 Yichang to Xi'an?

January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Yichang to Xi'an, at €42.62 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 Yichang to Xi'an?

1 operators sell services from Yichang to Xi'an across 1 mode: Chang'an 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 Yichang to Xi'an?

33 percent of the services we sell from Yichang to Xi'an are direct. The rest connect at Nanyang, Wanzhou, Xiangyang, Ankang, with about 66 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 Yichang to Xi'an use?

Services from Yichang to Xi'an by flight leave from Yichang YIH and arrive at Xi’an XIY. 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 Yichang to Xi'an?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Yichang to Xi'an 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 Yichang to Xi'an on September 13, 2026: 465 km of route against 452 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €46.75, and 4h 10m 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 Xi'an is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Xi'an and across China

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

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The two ends, compared

Yichang reaches 51 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 2,537 km. Xi'an reaches 138 places in 12 countries, from 52 to 9,697 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Yichang

  • 51Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 17Operators

Arriving in Xi'an

Leaving Xi'an

  • 138Places you can leave for
  • 12Countries
  • 38Operators

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