There are 4 ways to get from Osaka to Xining by train, plane, or car ferry
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Train to Kansai International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Kansai Airport
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Xining (XNN)KIX - XNN
11h 24m¥1,022–3,568Car ferry, train
- Take the car ferry from Osaka International Ferry Terminal to Shanghai
- Take the train from Shanghai station to XiningShanghai
3d 1hTrain to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Shin-Ōsaka Station to Nagoya Station
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Xining (XNN)NGO - XNN
12h 47m¥1,191–3,803Fly from Kobe
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Xining (XNN)UKB - XNN
15h 15m¥1,207–4,355
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Xining (XNN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Osaka to Xining is to train and fly which costs ¥1000 - ¥3600 and takes 11h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Osaka to Xining is to train and fly which takes 11h 24m and costs ¥1000 - ¥3600.
The distance between Osaka and Xining is 3087 km.
The best way to get from Osaka to Xining without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 3 days 1h and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 24m to get from Osaka to Xining, including transfers.
Xining is 1h behind Osaka. It is currently 11:36 PM in Osaka and 10:36 PM in Xining.
There are 24+ hotels available in Xining.
What companies run services between Osaka, Japan and Xining, China?
Juneyao Airlines, Spring Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Kobe (UKB) to Xining (XNN) 5 times a day.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Xining via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,400
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Xining via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥900–5,500
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Xining via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–3,400
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Xining via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,400
Flights from Kobe to Xining via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,700
Flights from Kobe to Xining via Nanjing
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,200
Flights from Kobe to Xining via Nagasaki, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,200
Flights from Kobe to Xining via Kagoshima, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,300
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Xining via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–5,500
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Xining via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,900
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Xining via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–4,000
Flights from Kobe to Xining via Tokyo Haneda, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–5,500
Flights from Kobe to Xining via Nagasaki, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–4,900
Flights from Kobe to Xining via Kagoshima, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,100–5,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Xining via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,600
- Website
- flycua.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Xining via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–3,400
- Website
- redair.cn
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Xining via Nanjing
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥900–4,100
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Kobe to Xining via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,100
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Kobe to Xining via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,700
- 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
- ¥100–150
- 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
- ¥130–150
- Reserved Seat
- ¥100–140
- Green Seat
- ¥130–180
Train from Shanghai station to Xining
Train from Shanghai station to Xining
- 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
- ¥230–350
- 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
- ¥230–320
- Reserved seat
- ¥280–350
- Green seat
- ¥350–470
- 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
- ¥919–1,149
- Schedules at
- shinganjin.com
- 2nd Class B
- ¥919
- 1st Class
- ¥1,149
- Special Class
- ¥1,838
- VIP
- ¥4,594
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