There are 5 ways to get from Manchester to Kunming by plane or train
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Fly Manchester Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane MAN - KMG
17h 39m¥2,540–8,577Train to Liverpool, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane LPL - KMG
23h 47m¥2,516–9,231Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane LHR - KMG
20h 9m¥3,206–6,116Train to Leeds Bradford International Airport, fly to Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Take the train from Manchester Victoria to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Fly from Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane LBA - KMG
23h 58m¥2,844–9,766Fly Manchester Airport to Dali Huangcaoba, train
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane MAN - DLU
- Take the train from Dali to Kunmingtrain
20h 10m¥2,661–9,319
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Kunming is to train and fly which costs ¥3200 - ¥6500 and takes 20h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Kunming is to fly which takes 17h 39m and costs ¥2500 - ¥9000.
The distance between Manchester and Kunming is 8776 km.
It takes approximately 17h 39m to get from Manchester to Kunming, including transfers.
Kunming is 7h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 5:00 PM in Manchester and 12:00 AM in Kunming.
There are 271+ hotels available in Kunming.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Kunming, China?
Hainan, Juneyao Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) 3 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–9,000
Flights from Liverpool to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,000
Flights from Liverpool to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,500
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Copenhagen, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–11,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,500
Flights from Manchester Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Brussels, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Frankfurt, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–9,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 18m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–10,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–12,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Sylhet, Dhaka
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–9,500
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–8,500
Flights from Liverpool to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,000
Flights from Manchester Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,600–12,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,500
Flights from Liverpool to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–10,000
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–10,000
Flights from Liverpool to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–10,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–11,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–12,000
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–12,000
- Website
- airchangan.com
Flights from Liverpool to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–10,000
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from Liverpool to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–9,000
Flights from Leeds Bradford International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,500
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–8,500
- Website
- airkunming.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Changsha
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–9,000
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥550–1,000
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥130–200
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥90–160
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Victoria to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥130–260
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Dali to Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥100–220
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥100–150
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥150–220
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