There are 5 ways to get from Xining to Bishkek by car, plane, bus, or train
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Drive 2,953 km
best- Drive from Xining to Bishkekcar 2,953 km
30h 16m$373–538Train, bus to Lanzhou, fly to Almaty International Airport, bus
cheapest- 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$136–499Fly Xining to Almaty International Airport, bus
- 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$150–494Fly Xining to Osh, bus
- Fly from Xining (XNN) to Osh (OSS)plane XNN - OSS
- Take the bus from Osh Bus station to Özgönbus
- Take the bus from Özgön to Bishkek Avtovokzalbus
25h 28m$300–822Fly 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$313–1,223
Xining (XNN) to Almaty International Airport (ALA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Xining to Bishkek is to train and bus and fly which costs $130 - $500 and takes 18h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Xining to Bishkek is to fly and drive which takes 14h 51m and costs $310 - $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 7:36 PM in Xining and 5:36 PM 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 727+ 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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from Xining to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–480
Flights from Xining to Almaty International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–650
Flights from Xining to Osh via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Xining to Osh via Xi An, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
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
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,800
Flights from Lanzhou to Almaty International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Xining to Almaty International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–490
Flights from Xining to Almaty International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–600
Flights from Xining to Kashgar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
Flights from Lanzhou to Almaty International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–490
- 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
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,800
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Xining to Kashgar Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
- Website
- tibetairlines.com
Flights from Xining to Kashgar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–1,100
- Website
- westair.cn
Flights from Xining to Kashgar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,000
- Website
- flyr.com
Flights from Lanzhou to Almaty International Airport via Yining
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–420
Train from Xining to Lanzhou West
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–23
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $11–17
- Adult - 1st Class
- $16–23
Train from Xining to Lanzhou West
- Hard Seat
- $4–6
- Hard sleeper
- $9–13
- Soft sleeper
- $14–19
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
- +996 312 64-23-27
- bishkekvokzal@mail.ru
- Website
- avtovokzal.kg
Bus from Osh Bus station to Özgön
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1
- Book at
- https://tezket.kg/
Bus from Özgön to Bishkek Avtovokzal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12
- Book at
- https://tezket.kg/
- 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
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