There are 5 ways to get from Riverside to Dali by train, plane, bus, or taxi
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Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Dali Huangcaoba
best- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane LAX - DLU
24h 34m¥2,864–7,707Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Baoshan, taxi
cheapest- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Baoshan (BSD)plane LAX - BSD
- Take the taxi from Baoshan (BSD) to Dalitaxi
27h 11m¥2,659–7,072Train to Los Angeles International Airport, fly to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, bus
- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to L.A. Union Stationtrain
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane LAX - LJG
- Take the bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient Citybus
28h 30m¥3,854–6,347Fly Ontario International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane ONT - DLU
29h 2m¥4,329–15,029Train, train to Tijuana International Airport, fly to Dali Huangcaoba
- Take the train from Riverside - Downtown to Santa Anatrain
- Take the train from Santa Ana to San Diego Old Town Transportation Centertrain
- Fly from Tijuana International Airport (TIJ) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane TIJ - DLU
28h 51m¥3,604–11,644
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Riverside to Dali is to train and fly and bus which costs ¥3800 - ¥6500 and takes 28h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Riverside to Dali is to train and fly which takes 24h 34m and costs ¥2800 - ¥8000.
The distance between Riverside and Dali is 12366 km.
It takes approximately 24h 34m to get from Riverside to Dali, including transfers.
Dali is 16h ahead of Riverside. It is currently 10:09 PM in Riverside and 2:09 PM in Dali.
There are 211+ hotels available in Dali.
What companies run services between Riverside, Riverside County, CA, USA and Dali, Yunnan Sheng, China?
China Airlines, Air China, and seven other airlines fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) 5 times a week.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baoshan via Shanghai Pudong, Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 57m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baoshan via Tokyo Narita, Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–7,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baoshan via Tianfu International, Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–6,500
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–8,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–12,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,000
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Taiwan Taoyuan, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 17m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥5,500–20,000
Flights from Tijuana International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–11,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–7,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baoshan via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–7,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,000
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via San Francisco, Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 16m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,300–15,000
- Website
- redair.cn
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baoshan via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–7,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Baoshan via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
- Website
- intl.jdair.net
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–10,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
- Website
- westair.cn
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba via Seattle, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥4,400–14,000
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- metrolinktrains.com
Train from Riverside - Downtown to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥70–100
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- ¥70–100
Train from Riverside - Downtown to Santa Ana
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥55–75
- Website
- https://metrolinktrains.com
- Passenger
- ¥55–75
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Santa Ana to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥190–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
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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