There are 7 ways to get from Essen to Beijing by plane, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane DUS - PEK
13h 57m¥3,069–6,152Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane DUS - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing Westtrain
15h 26m¥2,068–6,157Drive 9,426.3 km
- Drive from Essen to Beijingcar 9,426.3 km
4d 10h¥13,021–18,807Train to Frankfurt, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane FRA - PEK
13h 46m¥3,228–7,614Train to Frankfurt, fly to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane FRA - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing Westtrain
14h 30m¥3,127–5,419Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane BRU - PEK
15h 36m¥2,443–6,965Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Take the train from Duisburg 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 Airport to Beijing Westtrain
15h 54m¥3,393–5,525
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Beijing is to train and fly which costs ¥2400 - ¥7000 and takes 15h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Beijing is to train and fly which takes 13h 46m and costs ¥3200 - ¥8000.
The distance between Essen and Beijing is 7858 km. The road distance is 9426.3 km.
It takes approximately 13h 57m to get from Essen to Beijing, including transfers.
Beijing is 7h ahead of Essen. It is currently 11:06 AM in Essen and 6:06 PM in Beijing.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Beijing is 9426 km. It takes approximately 4 days 10h to drive from Essen to Beijing.
There are 1218+ hotels available in Beijing.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Beijing, China?
Lufthansa, Air China, and five other airlines fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–3,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–3,300
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Shenyang
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,000
Flights from Brussels Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–5,500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–5,500
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Fuzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–8,500
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–9,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Beijing Capital International Airport via Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–7,500
Train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing West
- Adult - second class
- ¥22–35
Train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing West
- Adult - second class
- ¥22–35
Train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing West
- Adult - second class
- ¥22–35
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥300–600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥300–600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥90–180
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥260–550
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥120–240
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥40–70
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥230–360
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥290–450
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- service@vias-online.eu
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥249
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Duisburg Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥80–150
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥80–150
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
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