There are 5 ways to get from Xining to Bishkek by car, plane, bus, taxi, or train
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Drive 2,953 km
best- Drive from Xining to Bishkekcar 2,953 km
30h 16m$373–538Fly Xining to Almaty International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Xining (XNN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane XNN - ALA
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Bishkek Avtovokzalbus
18h 27m$140–454Fly Xining to Kashgar Airport, drive
- Fly from Xining (XNN) to Kashgar Airport (KHG)plane XNN - KHG
- Drive from Kashgar Airport (KHG) to Bishkekcar
14h 51m$303–1,223Fly Xining to Issyk-Kul International Airport, taxi, train
- Fly from Xining (XNN) to Issyk-Kul International Airport (IKU)plane XNN - IKU
- Take the taxi from Issyk-Kul International Airport (IKU) to Rybachyetaxi
- Take the train from Rybachye to Bischkek 2train
32h 3m$165–493Train, bus to Lanzhou, fly to Almaty International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Xining to Lanzhou Westtrain
- Take the bus from Oriental Hotel to Lanzhou Airportbus
- Fly from Lanzhou (LHW) to Almaty International Airport (ALA)plane LHW - ALA
- Take the bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Bishkek Avtovokzalbus
18h 41m$166–519
Xining (XNN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Xining to Bishkek is to fly and bus which costs $140 - $460 and takes 18h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Xining to Bishkek is to fly and drive which takes 14h 51m and costs $300 - $1,300.
The distance between Xining and Bishkek is 2953 km. The road distance is 2953 km.
It takes approximately 30h 16m to drive 2953 km from Xining to Bishkek.
Bishkek is 2h behind Xining. It is currently 4:16 AM in Xining and 2:16 AM in Bishkek.
Yes, the driving distance between Xining to Bishkek is 2953 km. It takes approximately 30h 16m to drive from Xining to Bishkek.
There are 756+ hotels available in Bishkek.
What companies run services between Xining, China and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan?
You can drive from Xining to Bishkek in around 30h 16m.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Xining to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 7m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Xining to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–440
Flights from Xining to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Xining to Kashgar Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Xining to Kashgar Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,700
Flights from Lanzhou to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 59m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Xining to Issyk-Kul International Airport via Urumqi, Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–500
Flights from Xining to Issyk-Kul International Airport via Tianfu International, Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 52m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Xining to Issyk-Kul International Airport via Beijing Daxing, Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 37m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Xining to Issyk-Kul International Airport via Beijing Capital, Almaty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $210–650
Flights from Lanzhou to Almaty International Airport via Yining
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–490
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Xining to Almaty International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Xining to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
Flights from Xining to Kashgar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from Lanzhou to Almaty International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Xining to Kashgar Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Xining to Kashgar Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,700
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Xining to Kashgar Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- tibetairlines.com
Flights from Xining to Kashgar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Lanzhou to Almaty International Airport via Yining
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–490
- Phone
- +996 (312) 30 02 09
- Website
- railway.kg
Train from Rybachye to Bischkek 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–6
- Website
- https://railway.kg/?lang=en
- Book at
- https://ticket.railway.kg/
- Standard
- $2
- Lux
- $6
Train from Xining to Lanzhou West
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $12–17
- Adult - 1st Class
- $16–23
Train from Xining to Lanzhou West
- Hard Seat
- $4–6
- Hard sleeper
- $9–13
- Soft sleeper
- $14–20
Train from Xining to Lanzhou West
- 2nd Class Seat
- $13–15
- 1st Class Seat
- $21–24
- Business Class Seat
- $30–45
- Phone
- +7 727 396-70-63
- Website
- ma-sairan.kz
Bus from Almaty Sayran Bus Station to Bishkek Avtovokzal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://ma-sairan.kz/
- Schedules at
- https://ma-sairan.kz/расписание-автобусов
- Phone
- 0931-96556
- Website
- travelchinaguide.com
Bus from Oriental Hotel to Lanzhou Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Estimated price
- $11–14
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