There are 9 ways to get from Dali to Datong by plane, train, car, or bus
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Fly Dali Huangcaoba to Beijing Capital International Airport, train
best- Fly from Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane DLU - PEK
- Take the train from Beijing North station to Datong South stationtrain
8h 47m¥2,318–4,854Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Dali to Kunmingtrain
- Take the train from Kunming to Beijing West Stationtrain
- Take the bus from Beijing Liuliqiao to Datong Xinnanbus
43h 14m¥469–1,080Train
- Take the train from Dali to Kunming Southtrain
- Take the train from Kunming South to Beijing West Stationtrain
- Take the train from Beijing North station to Datong South stationtrain
17h 46m¥1,449–1,757Drive 2,458.4 km
- Drive from Dali to Datongcar 2,458.4 km
25h 5m¥2,136–3,086Fly Dali Huangcaoba to Hohhot Baita International Airport, bus
- Fly from Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) to Hohhot Baita International Airport (HET)plane DLU - HET
- Take the bus from hohhot Station to Datong bus stationbus
11h 31m¥963–4,213Fly Dali Huangcaoba to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
- Fly from Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane DLU - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing International Airport to Caoqiaotrain
- Take the train from Beijing North station to Datong South stationtrain
8h 44m¥2,924–4,666Fly Dali Huangcaoba to Taiyuan Wusu International Airport, bus
- Fly from Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) to Taiyuan Wusu International Airport (TYN)plane DLU - TYN
- Take the bus from Taiyuan Bus Terminal to Datongbus
10h 17m¥816–3,511Fly Dali Huangcaoba to Datong Beijiazao Airport, train
- Fly from Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) to Datong Beijiazao Airport (DAT)plane DLU - DAT
- Take the train from Huairen to Datongtrain
11h 50m¥1,060–5,610Bus to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, fly to Datong Beijiazao Airport, train
- Take the bus from Dali Ancient City to Lijiang Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG) to Datong Beijiazao Airport (DAT)plane LJG - DAT
- Take the train from Huairen to Datongtrain
18h 32m¥1,257–4,052
Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dali to Datong is to train and bus which costs ¥460 - ¥1100 and takes 43h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Dali to Datong is to fly and train which takes 8h 44m and costs ¥2900 - ¥4700.
The distance between Dali and Datong is 2600 km. The road distance is 2458.4 km.
The best way to get from Dali to Datong without a car is to train which takes 17h 46m and costs ¥1400 - ¥1800.
It takes approximately 8h 47m to get from Dali to Datong, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Dali to Datong is 2458 km. It takes approximately 25h 5m to drive from Dali to Datong.
There are 43+ hotels available in Datong.
What companies run services between Dali, Yunnan Sheng, China and Datong, Shanxi, China?
You can take a train from Dali to Datong via Kunming South, Beijing West Station, Beijing West Station, Bashiqiao South, Chegongzhuang Station, Xizhimen Station, Beijing North station, and Datong South station in around 17h 46m.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–4,200
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Beijing Capital International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–4,200
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–4,600
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Chengdu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–4,200
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,000
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,800
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–4,400
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–6,500
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–6,500
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–6,500
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Datong Beijiazao Airport via Nanjing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–6,000
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Datong Beijiazao Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,800
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Beijing Capital International Airport via Chengdu
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Chengdu
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Website
- redair.cn
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Datong Beijiazao Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–8,000
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Datong Beijiazao Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,800
- Website
- rlair.net
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Datong Beijiazao Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–5,500
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Datong Beijiazao Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–4,800
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–6,500
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–5,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Datong Beijiazao Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,500–6,000
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Datong Beijiazao Airport via Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥4,000–8,500
- Website
- donghaiair.com
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Datong Beijiazao Airport via Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–5,000
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Datong Beijiazao Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–7,000
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,500
- Website
- cdal.com.cn
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Hohhot Baita International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥850–4,100
- Website
- tibetairlines.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Taiyuan Wusu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥650–3,300
- Website
- 9air.com
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Datong Beijiazao Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,500
Train from Beijing North station to Datong South station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥150–170
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥240–270
- Business Class Seat
- ¥350–500
Train from Kunming South to Beijing West Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥1,150–1,300
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥1,150–1,300
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥1,900–2,100
- Business Class Seat
- ¥2,800–4,000
Train from Dali to Kunming South
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥110–250
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥110–160
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥170–250
Train from Dali to Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥100–220
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥100–150
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥150–220
- 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 Huairen to Datong
- Hard Seat
- ¥15–21
- Hard sleeper
- ¥35–55
- Soft sleeper
- ¥60–80
Train from Kunming to Beijing West Station
- Hard Seat
- ¥250–360
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥550–700
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥750–1,100
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Taiyuan Bus Terminal to Datong
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥100–140
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥100–140
Bus from Dali Ancient City to Lijiang Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥69–110
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥75–110
Bus from Beijing Liuliqiao to Datong Xinnan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥110–160
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥110–160
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