There are 7 ways to get from Moscow to Xi'an by plane, train, bus, car, or taxi
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Fly Moscow Vnukovo to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport
best- Fly from Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY)plane VKO - XIY
15h 49m¥1,538–4,370Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Kazansky Railway Terminal to Kurgantrain
- Take the train from Kurgan to Petropavlovsktrain
- Take the train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1train
- Take the bus from Saparzhai bus station to Ürümqibus
- Take the train from Ürümqi to Xi'antrain
4d 8h¥1,230–2,176Drive 6,843.9 km
- Drive from Moscow to Xi'ancar 6,843.9 km
3d 8h¥5,759–8,319Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport
- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY)plane SVO - XIY
14h 14m¥1,558–4,485Fly Domodedovo International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport
- Fly from Domodedovo International Airport (DME) to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY)plane DME - XIY
14h 8m¥1,653–4,598Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Ankang, taxi
- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Ankang (AKA)plane SVO - AKA
- Take the taxi from Ankang (AKA) to Xi'antaxi
16h 51m¥2,311–5,639Fly Sheremetyevo International Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport, train
- Fly from Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport (YCU)plane SVO - YCU
- Take the train from Yuncheng North to Xi'an Northtrain
15h 52m¥1,940–5,742
Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Moscow to Xi'an is to train and bus which costs ¥1200 - ¥2200 and takes 4 days 8h.
The fastest way to get from Moscow to Xi'an is to fly which takes 14h 8m and costs ¥1600 - ¥4600.
The distance between Moscow and Xi'an is 5855 km. The road distance is 6843.9 km.
The best way to get from Moscow to Xi'an without a car is to train and bus which takes 4 days 8h and costs ¥1200 - ¥2200.
It takes approximately 15h 49m to get from Moscow to Xi'an, including transfers.
Xi'an is 5h ahead of Moscow. It is currently 12:33 PM in Moscow and 5:33 PM in Xi'an.
Yes, the driving distance between Moscow to Xi'an is 6844 km. It takes approximately 3 days 8h to drive from Moscow to Xi'an.
There are 389+ hotels available in Xi'an.
What companies run services between Moscow, Russia and Xi'an, China?
SCAT, Air China, and Flyr fly from Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport (XIY) once daily.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Nur-Sultan
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–4,300
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,500
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–7,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,000
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–5,500
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–6,000
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Ankang via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 32m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
Flights from Domodedovo International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–4,500
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Ankang via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,000
- Website
- s7.ru
Flights from Domodedovo International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Novosibirsk
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 26m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–6,000
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,000
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Ankang via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,600–5,500
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–8,500
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
- Website
- scat.kz
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Shimkent
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Moscow Vnukovo to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Almaty
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
- Website
- loongair.cn
Flights from Domodedovo International Airport to Xi'An Xianyang International Airport via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–6,500
- Website
- flycua.com
Flights from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Ankang via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–7,000
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- Russian Railways
Train from Kazansky Railway Terminal to Kurgan
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥380–700
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ¥1,500–2,200
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ¥380–500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ¥500–700
Train from Kurgan to Petropavlovsk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥90–240
- Website
- Russian Railways
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ¥550–800
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ¥90–120
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ¥170–240
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥89–160
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 3rd Class (Berth)
- ¥89–95
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- ¥140–160
- Phone
- 1433
- KensePP@railways.kz
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
Train from Petropavlovsk to Astana 1
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥60–80
- Website
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Schedules at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- Book at
- Kazakhstan Railways
- 1st Class (Lux)
- ¥200–270
- 2nd Class (Coupe)
- ¥150–200
- 3rd Class (Seat)
- ¥60–80
Train from Ürümqi to Xi'an
- Hard Seat
- ¥220–320
- Hard Sleeper
- ¥490–600
- Soft Sleeper
- ¥650–1,000
Train from Yuncheng North to Xi'an North
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥85–170
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥85–120
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥120–170
Bus from Saparzhai bus station to Ürümqi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥476
- Website
- Astana Saparzhai Bus Terminal
- Schedules at
- Astana Saparzhai Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Estimated price
- ¥480–600
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