There are 7 ways to get from London to Lijiang by plane, train, bus, or taxi
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Fly London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
best- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane LHR - LJG
18h 34m¥3,563–6,315Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
cheapest- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane LGW - LJG
18h 37m¥2,213–7,715Fly London Heathrow Airport to Dali Huangcaoba, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane LHR - DLU
- Take the bus from Dali Ancient City to Lijiang Bus Stationbus
23h 6m¥2,455–8,463Fly London Heathrow Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport, taxi
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI)plane LHR - PZI
- Take the taxi from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI) to Lijiangtaxi
31h 45m¥2,503–8,395Fly London City Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane LCY - LJG
19h 33m¥2,640–9,054Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Dali Huangcaoba, bus
- Take the train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane LGW - DLU
- Take the bus from Dali Ancient City to Lijiang Bus Stationbus
22h 19m¥2,405–8,363Fly London Heathrow Airport to Xichang Qingshan Airport, taxi
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Xichang Qingshan Airport (XIC)plane LHR - XIC
- Take the taxi from Xichang Qingshan Airport (XIC) to Lijiangtaxi
23h 7m¥2,643–7,645
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Lijiang is to fly which costs ¥3500 - ¥6500 and takes 18h 34m.
The fastest way to get from London to Lijiang is to fly which takes 18h 34m and costs ¥3500 - ¥6500.
The distance between London and Lijiang is 8466 km.
It takes approximately 18h 34m to get from London to Lijiang, including transfers.
Lijiang is 8h ahead of London. It is currently 1:45 PM in London and 9:45 PM in Lijiang.
There are 278+ hotels available in Lijiang.
What companies run services between London, England and Lijiang, China?
Air China, Tianjin Airlines, and six other airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,500
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 Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
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 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Beijing Daxing, Chengdu
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
Flights from London City Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from London City Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–10,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Xichang Qingshan Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Xichang Qingshan Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
- 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 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,200–8,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–8,000
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 Gatwick Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
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 Heathrow Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–7,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Xichang Qingshan Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,500
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–7,000
Flights from London City Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
- 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
Flights from London City Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Luxembourg, Zhengzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,500
- 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
- ¥3,900–8,000
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
- ch.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–8,500
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,900–8,000
- 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
- qdairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
- Website
- westair.cn
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,100–8,000
- Website
- rlair.net
Flights from London City Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Zurich, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,800–13,000
- Website
- airkunming.com
Flights from London City Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
- 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/
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
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
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Estimated price
- ¥460–850
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