Travel to Mandalay

Every way to reach Mandalay: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Mandalay is reachable from 11 places across 3 countries by 1 mode, on services run by 7 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €31.41 and the fastest takes 3h 47m door to door. The nearest origin is 149 km away.

Checked October 3, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Mandalay

Every mode that actually calls at Mandalay, 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
Flight20€31.413h 47m2,316 km7
  • 11Places you can arrive from
  • 11Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 7Operators

The trip ends at Mandalay Central Railway Station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Mandalay for the night the flight gets in

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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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 km420%Nyaung-U, 149 km
200 to 600 km1155%Lashio, 202 km
600 to 1,500 km420%Kunming, 757 km
Over 1,500 km15%Quanzhou, 2316 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Mandalay 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
Myanmar (Burma)1575%
China315%
Thailand210%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Mandalay

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

Mandalay

Rail
  • Mandalay Central Railway Station
  • Paleik Railway Station
Bus
  • Mandalay ကျွဲဆည်ကန်
  • Gig
Air
  • MDL
Ferry
  • GAW WEIN JETTY

The fare from MDL into Mandalay is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Mandalay

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Fares

The cheapest journeys into Mandalay

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

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Mandalay, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Heho to Mandalay flight€31.413h 48m159 km
Nyaung-U to Mandalay flight€31.413h 47m149 km
Lashio to Mandalay flight€31.413h 51m202 km
Bhamo to Mandalay flight€38.494h279 km
Myitkyina to Mandalay flight€50.884h 6m402 km
Hpākān to Mandalay flight€52.064h 10m405 km
Yangon to Mandalay flight€62.684h 20m575 km
Tachilek to Mandalay flight€67.404h 11m429 km
Kunming to Mandalay flight€79.794h 34m757 km
Bangkok to Mandalay flight€126.994h 57m1,026 km
Quanzhou to Mandalay flight€290.426h 37m2,316 km

We cannot promise Mandalay Central Railway Station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Mandalay Central Railway Station

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Popular trips to Mandalay

Common questions about Travel to Mandalay

How can I get to Mandalay?

Mandalay is reachable by 1 mode on our network, from 11 places, across 3 countries, on services run by 7 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 Mandalay?

The cheapest way into Mandalay is by flight, from €31.41 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 11 origins we sell into Mandalay over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Mandalay?

The fastest journey into Mandalay is by flight, at 3h 47m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 149 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Mandalay have?

Mandalay has 6 named terminals on our network, including 2 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Mandalay Central Railway Station, Paleik Railway Station, MDL. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Mandalay from within 200 km?

4 of the routes we sell into Mandalay start within 200 km. The nearest is Nyaung-U, 149 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 Mandalay in Myanmar (Burma)?

Mandalay connects to 11 places on our network across 3 countries, the furthest of them 2,316 km away in a straight line. Myanmar (Burma) 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 Myanmar (Burma)

The wider region

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Mandalay and elsewhere in Myanmar (Burma). None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Mandalay and across Myanmar (Burma)

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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