Atlas of China
Huangshan City to Suzhou 黄山市 – 苏州
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 3½ hours, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. A standard-class seat is ¥233. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainHuangshan North 黄山北 → Suzhou North 苏州北 | 3 h 19 minG7192, fastest | 3½ hours | ¥233standard class | 1007:25–18:25 |
| By road376 km, estimated | 7 h 10 min | 7 hours |
By train
10 direct high-speed trains a day run from Huangshan North to Suzhou North, between 07:25 and 18:25. The fastest, G7192, takes 3 h 19 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥233. Coming back, 9 trains a day, the fastest 2 h 56 min (G1509, 08:05 to 17:59).
Huangshan City: Huangshan North is about an hour by bus from Tangkou, the gateway town for the mountain. Suzhou: No airport of its own: flights use Sunan Shuofang Airport in Wuxi, about 30 km away, and Shanghai is about half an hour by high-speed train.
By air
No nonstop flights.
By road
Roughly 376 km by road and about 7 hours of driving, estimated from the distance.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Huangshan City and on to Suzhou, so the trip can be broken there.
- Huzhou 湖州 210 km from Huangshan City · 1 h 52 min there, 1 h 34 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Suzhou.
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Classical Gardens of Suzhou 苏州园林
Whole landscapes of rock, water and pavilion folded into a city block
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Zhouzhuang 周庄古镇
Jiangnan's most famous water town, famed for its Twin Bridges and merchant halls
Around Huangshan City: Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), Xidi, Hongcun Village.
On the map
Open either city on the illustrated map, or put both in a trip and let the planner lay out the days and the legs between them, with the same tables these numbers come from.
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Trains are every direct train on 2026-10-28 or 2026-11-11 in the 12306 timetable, with standard-class fares; one weekday, so weekend and holiday services differ, and the fastest train may not run every day. Flights are the airlines' schedules for 2026-10-28, plus routes Wikipedia lists for small airports. Drives are routed on OpenStreetMap roads (extract of 2026-10-21) where the pair was routed, else estimated from the distance. Door-to-door times add about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time to a flight. How to book is in the guide to trains and 12306; the rail times are open data on the data page.