There are 7 ways to get from Washington to Tainan by plane, train, or subway
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane DCA - KHH
24h 8m$893–3,192Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane IAD - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 台南train
23h 46m$399–1,257Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, train
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane DCA - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 台南train
22h 25m$863–2,245Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane IAD - KHH
25h 50m$475–1,813Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane JFK - KHH
24h 54m$547–1,831Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Taichung Airport, train
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Taichung Airport (RMQ)plane IAD - RMQ
- Take the train from 台中 to 台南train
26h 55m$573–2,135Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to Kao-Hsiung International Airport
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshalltrain
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane BWI - KHH
28h 1m$495–2,450
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Tainan is to subway and fly and train which costs $390 - $1,300 and takes 23h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Tainan is to fly and train which takes 22h 25m and costs $850 - $2,300.
The distance between Washington and Tainan is 13003 km.
It takes approximately 24h 8m to get from Washington to Tainan, including transfers.
Tainan is 13h ahead of Washington. It is currently 2:23 PM in Washington and 3:23 AM in Tainan.
There are 779+ hotels available in Tainan.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Tainan, Taiwan?
Air Canada, EVA Air, and five other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH) 5 times a day.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Montreal, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Detroit, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 51m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Montreal, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Montreal, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Detroit, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Boston, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Toronto, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Detroit, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 51m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Detroit, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Detroit, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Boston, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Toronto, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Toronto, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Taichung Airport via Toronto, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Boston, Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Detroit, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 51m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–3,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Minneapolis, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Detroit, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Boston, Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Toronto, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Montreal, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Calgary, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Boston, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Toronto, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Toronto, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Boston, Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,900
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Taichung Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Toronto, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Toronto, Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,200
- Website
- tigerairtw.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Kumamoto
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–4,500
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Taichung Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Taichung Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Okinawa
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–5,500
- Phone
- 4266-3000
- Website
- en.thsrc.com.tw
Train from 桃園 to 台南
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–45
- Website
- https://en.thsrc.com.tw/
- Non-Reserved
- $35–39
- Standard
- $35–45
- Business
- $64
Train from 台中 to 台南
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–23
- Website
- https://en.thsrc.com.tw/
- Non-Reserved
- $19–22
- Standard
- $19–23
- Business
- $38
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–350
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–360
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–55
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
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