There are 6 ways to get from London to Dali by plane, bus, train, or taxi
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane LHR - DLU
20h 15m¥2,358–8,309Fly London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane LHR - KMG
- Take the train from Kunming to Dalitrain
19h 24m¥2,171–7,544Fly London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane LHR - LJG
- Take the bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient Citybus
21h 6m¥3,548–6,449Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Dali Huangcaoba
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane LGW - DLU
20h 38m¥2,308–8,210Fly London City Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane LCY - DLU
19h 24m¥2,835–9,549Fly London Heathrow Airport to Baoshan, taxi
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Baoshan (BSD)plane LHR - BSD
- Take the taxi from Baoshan (BSD) to Dalitaxi
25h 22m¥4,053–13,674
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Dali is to fly and bus which costs ¥3500 - ¥6500 and takes 21h 6m.
The fastest way to get from London to Dali is to fly which takes 19h 24m and costs ¥2800 - ¥10000.
The distance between London and Dali is 8545 km.
It takes approximately 20h 15m to get from London to Dali, including transfers.
Dali is 8h ahead of London. It is currently 1:52 PM in London and 9:52 PM in Dali.
There are 210+ hotels available in Dali.
What companies run services between London, England and Dali, Yunnan Sheng, China?
Air China, China Southern Airlines, and two other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Dhaka
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baoshan via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–13,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baoshan via Dhaka, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥6,000–16,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baoshan via Chongqing, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥6,500–13,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baoshan via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–13,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baoshan via Brussels, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–13,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–7,500
Flights from London City Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–9,500
Flights from London City Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Frankfurt, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–11,000
Flights from London City Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–11,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baoshan via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–13,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baoshan via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–13,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baoshan via Brussels, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–13,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–7,500
- Website
- airkunming.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,700–7,500
- Website
- redair.cn
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Baoshan via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,000–15,000
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥90–130
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- ¥90–130
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥140–200
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
Train from Kunming to Dali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥100–220
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥100–150
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥150–220
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥69–110
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥75–110
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Estimated price
- ¥310–380
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