There are 9 ways to get from Seoul to Beijing by plane, subway, ferry, train, or bus
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Fly Gimpo International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
best- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane GMP - PEK
4h 53m¥581–1,746Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane ICN - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing Westtrain
6h 15m¥544–2,062Subway, ferry, train via Huangdao
- Take the subway from Yongsan Station to Incheon Stationsubway 1
- Take the ferry from Incheon Int'l Ferry Terminal to Qingdaoferry
- Take the train from Qingdao to Beijing Southtrain
23h 14m¥974–1,288Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)plane ICN - PEK
5h 33m¥595–1,757Fly Gimpo International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport, train
- Fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)plane GMP - PKX
- Take the train from Beijing Daxing Airport to Beijing Westtrain
6h 5m¥680–2,151Train to Incheon International Airport, fly to Tianjin Binhai, train
- Take the train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1train
- Fly from Incheon International Airport (ICN) to Tianjin Binhai (TSN)plane ICN - TSN
- Take the train from Tianjin Station to Beijing Southtrain
6h 10m¥614–1,101Subway, ferry, train
- Take the subway from Yongsan Station to Incheon Stationsubway 1
- Take the ferry from Incheon Int'l Port to Qinhuangdaoferry
- Take the train from Qinhuangdao Station to Beijing Southtrain
27h 26m¥942–1,923Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Ramada Hotel and Suites Namdaemun to Incheon Int'l Airport T1bus
- Take the ferry from Incheon Int'l Ferry Terminal to Qingdaoferry
- Take the bus from Qingdao to Beijing Yongdingmenbus
28h 24m¥850–1,230Subway, ferry, bus
- Take the subway from Yongsan Station to Incheon Stationsubway 1
- Take the ferry from Incheon Int'l Ferry terminal to Weihaiferry
- Take the ferry from Weihai Harbour to Dalian Harbourferry
- Take the bus from Gang Wan Qiao Bus Station to Beijingbus
39h 4m¥975–1,368
Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Seoul to Beijing is to train and fly which costs ¥600 - ¥1100 and takes 6h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Seoul to Beijing is to fly which takes 4h 53m and costs ¥550 - ¥1800.
The distance between Seoul and Beijing is 973 km.
The best way to get from Seoul to Beijing without a car is to subway and ferry and bus which takes 39h 4m and costs ¥950 - ¥1400.
It takes approximately 4h 53m to get from Seoul to Beijing, including transfers.
Beijing is 1h behind Seoul. It is currently 10:56 AM in Seoul and 9:56 AM in Beijing.
There are 1045+ hotels available in Beijing.
What companies run services between Seoul, South Korea and Beijing, China?
Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, and two other airlines fly from Gimpo International Airport (GMP) to Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK) 4 times a day.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥550–1,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥480–1,800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥500–2,000
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥440–2,100
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥550–1,700
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Gimhae
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥550–1,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥480–1,800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥440–2,100
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥550–1,600
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–2,300
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥850–2,200
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥650–2,700
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Dalian
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥650–2,700
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥550–2,500
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥480–1,800
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport via Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥470–1,900
- Website
- jejuair.net
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Cheju
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥650–2,100
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥500–2,100
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–2,800
- Website
- ceair.com
Flights from Gimpo International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport via Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥900–2,800
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Incheon International Airport to Tianjin Binhai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,200–6,000
- Phone
- +82 1577 1234
- Website
- seoulmetro.co.kr
Subway from Yongsan Station to Incheon Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥9–14
- Schedules at
- seoulmetro.co.kr
Train from Qingdao to Beijing South
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥380–420
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥630–690
- Business Class Seat
- ¥900–1,400
Train from Tianjin Station to Beijing South
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥55–60
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥85–100
- Business Class Seat
- ¥120–180
Train from Qinhuangdao Station to Beijing South
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥170–190
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥270–300
- Business Class Seat
- ¥410–600
- Phone
- +82 1599 7788
- Website
- arex.or.kr
Train from Seoul Station to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥21–28
- Website
- https://www.airportrailroad.com/intro
- Phone
- +82 2 2667 0386
- Website
- klimousine.com
Bus from Ramada Hotel and Suites Namdaemun to Incheon Int'l Airport T1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥85–120
- Schedules at
- klimousine.com
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Qingdao to Beijing Yongdingmen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ¥170–250
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥170–250
- Website
- dalianbus.com
Bus from Gang Wan Qiao Bus Station to Beijing
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥210–280
- Schedules at
- dalianbus.com
- Phone
- +82 32 770 8000
- Website
- ferryto.com
Ferry from Incheon Int'l Ferry Terminal to Qingdao
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ¥588–778
- Schedules at
- ferryto.com
- Deluxe Royal
- ¥1,166
- Royal
- ¥972
- Business
- ¥778
- Economy
- ¥681
Ferry from Incheon Int'l Ferry terminal to Weihai
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ¥536–778
- Schedules at
- ferryto.com
- Deluxe Royal
- ¥1,166
- Royal
- ¥972
- Business
- ¥778
- Economy
- ¥681
- Phone
- +82 32 891 9600
- Website
- qininferry.com
Ferry from Incheon Int'l Port to Qinhuangdao
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- ¥778–1,640
- Schedules at
- qininferry.com
- Royal Suite
- ¥1,640
- First Class
- ¥778
- Phone
- 400-830-6666
- Website
- ctrip.com
Ferry from Weihai Harbour to Dalian Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥200
- Schedules at
- weihai.0535-0411.com
- Book at
- bus.ctrip.com
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