Atlas of China
Kunming to Hong Kong 昆明 – 香港
Door to door, the flight comes out ahead: about 5 hours against about 8 hours by high-speed train, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. Fares run about ¥730 against ¥862.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
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| High-speed trainKunming South 昆明南 → Hong Kong West Kowloon 香港西九龙 | 7 h 44 minG910, fastest | 8 hours | ¥862standard class | 109:13 |
| FlightKunming Changshui (KMG) → Hong Kong (HKG) | 2 h 15 minin the air | 5 hours | about ¥730varies by day | 308:50–18:00 |
By train
One direct high-speed train a day runs from Kunming South to Hong Kong West Kowloon, at 09:13. The fastest, G910, takes 7 h 44 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥862. Coming back, one train a day, the fastest 7 h 38 min (G908, at 11:14).
Hong Kong: Hong Kong has its own immigration controls; high-speed trains from Shenzhen and Guangzhou arrive at West Kowloon.
By air
3 nonstop flights a day from Kunming Changshui (KMG) to Hong Kong (HKG), 2 h 15 min in the air, 08:50 to 18:00, with China Eastern Airlines. 3 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 5 hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥730.
At the other end
Featured places around Hong Kong.
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Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港
Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes
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Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
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Victoria Peak 太平山顶
Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop
Around Kunming: Chengjiang Fossil Site & Fuxian Lake, Green Lake Park, Western Hills & Dragon Gate.
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.