There are 7 ways to get from Ranchi to Dali by plane, bus, car, taxi, or train
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Fly Birsa Munda Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
best- Fly from Birsa Munda Airport (IXR) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane IXR - DLU
15h¥1,539–5,043Train, drive, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Ranchi to New Mal Jntrain
- Drive from New Mal Jn to Yadong Xiancar
- Take the bus from Yadong Xian to Lasa North Suburb Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lasa North Suburb Coach Station to Shangri-La Countybus
- Take the bus from Shangri-La Bus Station to Lijiang Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient Citybus
2d 16h¥1,042–1,398Bus, drive
- Take the bus from Ranchi Kanta Toli Chowk to Kumhrarbus
- Take the bus from Zero Mile to Sikkim Gangtokbus
- Drive from Sikkim Gangtok to Yadong Xiancar
- Take the bus from Yadong Xian to Lasa North Suburb Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lasa North Suburb Coach Station to Shangri-La Countybus
- Take the bus from Shangri-La Bus Station to Lijiang Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient Citybus
2d 14h¥1,156–1,303Fly Birsa Munda Airport to Baoshan, taxi
- Fly from Birsa Munda Airport (IXR) to Baoshan (BSD)plane IXR - BSD
- Take the taxi from Baoshan (BSD) to Dalitaxi
19h 36m¥3,034–8,408Fly Birsa Munda Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport, train
- Fly from Birsa Munda Airport (IXR) to Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG)plane IXR - KMG
- Take the train from Kunming to Dalitrain
14h 24m¥1,352–4,178Fly Birsa Munda Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, bus
- Fly from Birsa Munda Airport (IXR) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane IXR - LJG
- Take the bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient Citybus
20h 45m¥1,629–4,483Train to Gaya, fly to Dali Huangcaoba
- Take the train from Ranchi to Gaya Jntrain
- Fly from Gaya (GAY) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane GAY - DLU
23h 48m¥1,850–5,165
Birsa Munda Airport (IXR) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ranchi to Dali is to train and drive and bus which costs ¥1000 - ¥1400 and takes 2 days 16h.
The fastest way to get from Ranchi to Dali is to fly and train which takes 14h 24m and costs ¥1300 - ¥4200.
The distance between Ranchi and Dali is 1560 km.
It takes approximately 15h to get from Ranchi to Dali, including transfers.
Dali is 2h 30m ahead of Ranchi. It is currently 8:45 PM in Ranchi and 11:15 PM in Dali.
There are 210+ hotels available in Dali.
What companies run services between Ranchi, India and Dali, Yunnan Sheng, China?
IndiGo Airlines, China Southern Airlines, and China Eastern Airlines fly from Birsa Munda Airport (IXR) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) 3 times a day.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Birsa Munda Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Delhi, Kathmandu, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–5,000
Flights from Birsa Munda Airport to Baoshan via Bhubaneswar, Suvarnabhumi, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 2m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–8,000
Flights from Birsa Munda Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Delhi, Kathmandu
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,400
Flights from Birsa Munda Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Bhubaneswar, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 12m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,200
Flights from Birsa Munda Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Kolkata, Kathmandu
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–3,900
Flights from Gaya to Dali Huangcaoba via Suvarnabhumi, Kunming Changshui International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–6,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Birsa Munda Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Delhi, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,500
Flights from Birsa Munda Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Kolkata, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,500
Flights from Birsa Munda Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Kolkata, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–4,800
Flights from Gaya to Dali Huangcaoba via Kolkata, Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–5,000
- Website
- rlair.net
Flights from Birsa Munda Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Bhubaneswar, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–4,400
Flights from Birsa Munda Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Madras, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–5,500
Flights from Birsa Munda Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Kolkata, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,500–4,300
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Birsa Munda Airport to Kunming Changshui International Airport via Bhubaneswar, Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,200
Train from Kunming to Dali
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥100–220
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥100–150
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥150–220
- Phone
- 14646
- care@irctc.co.in
- Website
- irctc.co.in
Train from Ranchi to Gaya Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥16–130
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- ¥16–20
- Third AC (3A)
- ¥45–55
- Second AC (2A)
- ¥60–80
- First Class (1A)
- ¥100–130
Train from Ranchi to New Mal Jn
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ¥30–230
- Website
- https://www.irctc.co.in/nget/train-search
- Sleeper Class
- ¥30–35
- Third AC (3A)
- ¥75–95
- Second AC (2A)
- ¥100–140
- First Class (1A)
- ¥180–230
- Phone
- +91 08046333629
- mashanti66@gmail.com
- Website
- maashantitravels.com
Bus from Ranchi Kanta Toli Chowk to Kumhrar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥50–85
- Website
- https://www.maashantitravels.com/
- Adult
- ¥50–85
- Phone
- +91 7903832833
- shreekrishnarath@gmail.com
- Website
- srikrishnarath.in
Bus from Zero Mile to Sikkim Gangtok
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥188
- Website
- https://www.srikrishnarath.in/
- Website
- qichezhan.net
Bus from Yadong Xian to Lasa North Suburb Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥151
- Schedules at
- qichezhan.net
Bus from Lasa North Suburb Coach Station to Shangri-La County
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥551
- Schedules at
- qichezhan.net
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shangri-La Bus Station to Lijiang Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥75–110
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥75–110
Bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥69–110
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥75–110
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Estimated price
- ¥310–380
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