There are 5 ways to get from Osaka to Kunming by train, plane, car ferry, or car
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Train to Kansai International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane KIX - KMG
11h 18m¥1,303–3,753Car ferry, train
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
- Take the train from Shanghai South to Kunmingtrain Shanghai South
3d 12h¥1,144–1,728Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghaicarferry
- Drive from Shanghai to Kunmingcar
2d 22h¥2,759–4,013Fly from Kobe
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane UKB - KMG
16h 24m¥1,489–4,640Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane NGO - KMG
12h 47m¥1,465–3,577
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Osaka to Kunming is to car ferry and train which costs ¥1100 - ¥1800 and takes 3 days 12h.
The fastest way to get from Osaka to Kunming is to train and fly which takes 11h 18m and costs ¥1300 - ¥3800.
The distance between Osaka and Kunming is 3355 km.
The best way to get from Osaka to Kunming without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 3 days 12h and costs ¥1100 - ¥1800.
It takes approximately 11h 18m to get from Osaka to Kunming, including transfers.
Kunming is 1h behind Osaka. It is currently 5:02 PM in Osaka and 4:02 PM in Kunming.
There are 232+ hotels available in Kunming.
What companies run services between Osaka, Japan and Kunming, China?
Korean Air and China Eastern Airlines fly from Kobe (UKB) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) once daily.
Airlines
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,300
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Nanjing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,300
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,500
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–3,700
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Nanjing
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–4,100
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Jinan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥950–2,800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,200
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Kobe to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–6,500
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,900
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,000
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Jinan
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥950–2,800
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Nanjing
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–4,100
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–3,500
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,600
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–3,900
Train operators
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥95–140
- 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
- ¥120–140
- Reserved Seat
- ¥95–140
- Green Seat
- ¥120–170
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥220–330
- 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
- ¥220–310
- Reserved seat
- ¥270–330
- Green seat
- ¥330–440
Train from Shanghai South to Kunming
- Hard Seat
- ¥240–330
- Hard sleeper
- ¥430–600
- Soft sleeper
- ¥700–900
Ferry operators
- Phone
- 06-6536-6541
- Website
- shinganjin.com
Car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghai
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥875–1,094
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥875
- 1st Class
- ¥1,094
- Special Class
- ¥1,750
- VIP
- ¥4,374
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