Atlas of China
Qingdao to Tianjin 青岛 – 天津
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 3 hours, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. A standard-class seat is ¥301. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainQingdao 青岛 → Tianjin South 天津南 | 2 h 54 minG884, fastest | 3 hours | ¥301standard class | 1406:24–20:45 |
By train
14 direct high-speed trains a day run from Qingdao to Tianjin South, between 06:24 and 20:45. The fastest, G884, takes 2 h 54 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥301. Coming back, 18 trains a day, the fastest 2 h 34 min (G73, 05:25 to 20:13).
Qingdao: Qingdao North also has many high-speed trains. Tianjin: Intercity trains from Beijing South reach Tianjin station in about 30 minutes.
By air
No nonstop flights.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Qingdao and on to Tianjin, so the trip can be broken there.
- Weifang 潍坊 130 km from Qingdao · 34 min there, 2 h 20 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Tianjin.
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Five Great Avenues 五大道
Leafy lanes of century-old villas from Tianjin's treaty-port days
Around Qingdao: Qingdao Old Town & Seafront, Mount Lao (Laoshan).
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.