Travel to Kunming

Every way to reach Kunming: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Kunming is reachable from 110 places across 17 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 38 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €12.99 and the fastest takes 1h 25m door to door. The nearest origin is 67 km away.

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

Arriving

How people reach Kunming

Every mode that actually calls at Kunming, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train4€12.991h 25m118 km1
Flight214€60.914h 24m4,750 km37
  • 110Places you can arrive from
  • 110Places you can leave for
  • 17Countries
  • 38Operators

The train gets you into Kunming. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Kunming

Sort by distance from Kunming South Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km42%Shilin, 67 km
200 to 600 km3617%Wenshan City, 243 km
600 to 1,500 km8238%Nanning, 620 km
Over 1,500 km9644%Zhengzhou, 1507 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Kunming that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
China17078%
Thailand84%
Myanmar (Burma)63%
Vietnam52%
Taiwan42%
Cambodia31%
United Arab Emirates21%
Bangladesh21%
Hong Kong SAR China21%
India21%
South Korea21%
Laos21%
Sri Lanka21%
Macao SAR China21%
Malaysia21%
Nepal21%
Singapore21%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Kunming

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Kunming

Rail
  • Kunming South Station
  • Kunming railway station
  • Kunming Railway Station
Bus
  • Kunming East Bus Terminal
  • 北市区车场
Air
  • KMG
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Kunming

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Kunming, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Shilin to Kunming train€12.991h 25m67 km
Qujing to Kunming train€21.241h 47m118 km
Chongqing to Kunming flight€60.914h 24m630 km
Chengdu to Kunming flight€63.274h 25m640 km
Changsha to Kunming flight€99.264h 58m1,078 km
Guangzhou to Kunming flight€102.805h1,090 km
Yangon to Kunming flight€105.165h 3m1,141 km
Shenzhen to Kunming flight€107.525h 7m1,187 km
Xi'an to Kunming flight€111.065h 7m1,187 km
Wuhan to Kunming flight€119.915h 15m1,291 km
Nanchang to Kunming flight€122.865h 21m1,364 km
Zhengzhou to Kunming flight€133.485h 32m1,507 km
Xiamen to Kunming flight€137.615h 37m1,552 km
Hefei to Kunming flight€147.055h 40m1,611 km
Taiyuan to Kunming flight€150.595h 47m1,703 km
Fuzhou to Kunming flight€152.365h 48m1,667 km

Check-in is at three and you will be in Kunming well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Kunming

Most of the points near Kunming South Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Kunming

Common questions about Travel to Kunming

How can I get to Kunming?

Kunming is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 110 places, across 17 countries, on services run by 38 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Kunming?

The cheapest way into Kunming is by Train, from €12.99 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 110 origins we sell into Kunming over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Kunming?

The fastest journey into Kunming is by Train, at 1h 25m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 67 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Kunming have?

Kunming has 6 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Kunming South Station, Kunming railway station, Kunming Railway Station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Kunming from within 200 km?

4 of the routes we sell into Kunming start within 200 km. The nearest is Shilin, 67 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Kunming in China?

Kunming connects to 110 places on our network across 17 countries, the furthest of them 4,750 km away in a straight line. China routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in China

The wider region

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Kunming is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Kunming

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

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