There are 6 ways to get from Kyoto to Varanasi by plane or train
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Fly Osaka International Airport to Varanasi Airport
best- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Varanasi Airport (VNS)plane ITM - VNS
19h 15m₹34,794–113,265Train to Kansai International Airport, fly to Varanasi Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Kyōto to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Varanasi Airport (VNS)plane KIX - VNS
25h 28m₹18,312–51,133Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Varanasi Airport
- Take the train from Kyōto to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Varanasi Airport (VNS)plane NGO - VNS
30h₹23,489–69,912Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly to Gaya, train
- Take the train from Kyōto to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Gaya (GAY)plane NGO - GAY
- Take the train from Gaya Jn to Varanasi Jntrain
33h 46m₹29,419–71,062Fly Osaka International Airport to Gaya, train
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Gaya (GAY)plane ITM - GAY
- Take the train from Gaya Jn to Varanasi Jntrain
25h 50m₹26,724–69,415Train to Kobe, fly to Varanasi Airport
- Take the train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Varanasi Airport (VNS)plane UKB - VNS
19h 27m₹32,542–113,701
Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Varanasi Airport (VNS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kyoto to Varanasi is to train and fly which costs ₹18,000 - ₹55,000 and takes 25h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Varanasi is to fly which takes 19h 15m and costs ₹34,000 - ₹1,20,000.
The distance between Kyoto and Varanasi is 5179 km.
It takes approximately 19h 15m to get from Kyoto to Varanasi, including transfers.
Varanasi is 3h 30m behind Kyoto. It is currently 2:17 PM in Kyoto and 10:47 AM in Varanasi.
There are 1846+ hotels available in Varanasi.
What companies run services between Kyoto, Japan and Varanasi, India?
Japan Airlines, IndiGo Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Varanasi Airport (VNS) 3 times a day.
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹33,000–110,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Kolkata
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹21,000–65,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Noi Bai International, Kolkata
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹16,000–48,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Don Muang, Kolkata
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₹20,000–50,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Kolkata
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹30,000–90,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Noi Bai International, Kolkata
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹20,000–65,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Kolkata
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹21,000–65,000
Flights from Kobe to Varanasi Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹40,000–130,000
Flights from Kobe to Varanasi Airport via Incheon, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹30,000–110,000
- Website
- buddhaair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Incheon, Kathmandu
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₹19,000–70,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Hong Kong, Kathmandu
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹21,000–70,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Incheon, Kathmandu
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ₹21,000–75,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹33,000–110,000
Flights from Kobe to Varanasi Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹40,000–130,000
Flights from Kobe to Varanasi Airport via Incheon, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹30,000–110,000
- Website
- drukair.com.bt
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Gaya via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹34,000–100,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Gaya via Tokyo Haneda, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹32,000–220,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Gaya via Tokyo Narita, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹40,000–130,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Gaya via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹26,000–65,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Gaya via Taiwan Taoyuan, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₹25,000–75,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Gaya via Okinawa, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹24,000–65,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Gaya via Okinawa, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹25,000–65,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Gaya via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹34,000–100,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Gaya via Tokyo Haneda, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹38,000–110,000
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₹1,800–2,500
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- ₹2,100–2,500
- Reserved Seat
- ₹1,800–2,500
- Green Seat
- ₹2,500–3,300
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₹2,500–3,800
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ₹2,500–3,500
- Reserved seat
- ₹3,100–3,800
- Green seat
- ₹3,800–5,500
Train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₹1,800–2,800
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- ₹1,800–2,400
- Reserved seat
- ₹2,300–2,800
- Green seat
- ₹2,700–3,600
- Phone
- 14646
- care@irctc.co.in
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Gaya Jn to Varanasi Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₹180–1,500
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- ₹180–220
- Third AC (3A)
- ₹500–650
- Second AC (2A)
- ₹700–900
- First Class (1A)
- ₹1,100–1,500
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