There are 9 ways to get from Cologne to China by train, plane, car, or subway
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Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
best- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane DUS - PEK
14h 50m¥2,912–7,240Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane CGN - PEK
14h 44m¥1,847–8,082Drive 9,555.6 km
- Drive from Cologne to Chongqingcar 9,555.6 km
4d 13h¥10,878–15,713Train to Frankfurt, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane FRA - PEK
12h 51m¥2,962–7,564Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane BRU - PEK
14h 9m¥2,552–7,760Train to Frankfurt, fly to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, subway
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU)plane FRA - TFU
- Take the subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century Citysubway
14h 43m¥3,048–12,549Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane AMS - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiaotrain
16h 13m¥3,147–8,768Train to Frankfurt, fly to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)plane FRA - PVG
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Suzhoutrain
15h 35m¥2,811–4,358Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane DUS - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiaotrain
16h 7m¥2,017–10,249
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to China is to train and fly which costs ¥2800 - ¥4400 and takes 15h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to China is to train and fly which takes 12h 51m and costs ¥2900 - ¥8000.
The distance between Cologne and China is 7879 km. The road distance is 9555.6 km.
It takes approximately 14h 50m to get from Cologne to China, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to China is 9556 km. It takes approximately 4 days 13h to drive from Cologne to China.
There are 572+ hotels available in China.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and China?
Austrian Airlines, Air China, and four other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–8,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–7,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–11,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–8,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–3,900
Flights from Brussels Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–3,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport via Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,600
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–8,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–7,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–11,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–7,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–3,700
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–9,000
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–12,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–3,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–10,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–11,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–11,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–10,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Frankfurt, Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–11,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–8,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–7,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–12,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–10,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥230–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥300–700
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥220–550
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥110–190
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from Tianfu International Airport North to Century City
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥9–14
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥130–330
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥80–210
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +86-010-96165
Train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥27–35
- Schedules at
- bdia.com.cn
Train from Shanghai station to Suzhou
- Hard Seat
- ¥40–65
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥40–70
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥110–160
Train from Shanghai station to Suzhou
- Hard Seat
- ¥19–26
- Hard sleeper
- ¥40–60
- Soft sleeper
- ¥70–95
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