There are 5 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 5m₹23,762–68,217Train 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
17h 53m₹23,274–58,081Train 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
16h 47m₹30,499–78,638Train 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₹28,355–70,972Fly 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₹27,692–69,367
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 ₹23,000 - ₹60,000 and takes 17h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Varanasi is to train and fly which takes 16h 47m and costs ₹30,000 - ₹80,000.
The distance between Kyoto and Varanasi is 5179 km.
It takes approximately 19h 5m to get from Kyoto to Varanasi, including transfers.
Varanasi is 3h 30m behind Kyoto. It is currently 8:12 PM in Kyoto and 4:42 PM in Varanasi.
There are 1849+ hotels available in Varanasi.
What companies run services between Kyoto, Japan and Varanasi, India?
Japan Airlines, IndiGo Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Varanasi Airport (VNS) 3 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- airindiaexpress.in
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Fukuoka, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹30,000–85,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹26,000–180,000
Flights from Kobe to Varanasi Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 52m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹31,000–210,000
Flights from Kobe to Varanasi Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹28,000–75,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 11m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹21,000–85,000
- 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
- ₹31,000–210,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Gaya via Tokyo Narita, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹39,000–120,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Gaya via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹25,000–65,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Gaya via Taiwan Taoyuan, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₹27,000–75,000
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Gaya via Okinawa, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹26,000–65,000
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Gaya via Okinawa, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₹26,000–65,000
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹22,000–100,000
Flights from Kobe to Varanasi Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹30,000–200,000
- Website
- goindigo.in
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Varanasi Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹22,000–65,000
Flights from Kobe to Varanasi Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Delhi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₹30,000–200,000
- 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
Train operators
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₹1,700–2,800
- 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
- ₹1,700–2,400
- Reserved seat
- ₹2,200–2,800
- Green seat
- ₹2,600–3,500
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
- ₹2,500–3,400
- Reserved seat
- ₹3,000–3,800
- Green seat
- ₹3,700–5,000
- 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
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₹1,700–2,500
- 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
- ₹2,100–2,400
- Reserved Seat
- ₹1,700–2,500
- Green Seat
- ₹2,400–3,300
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