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Qingdao to Xiamen 青岛 – 厦门
Door to door, the flight comes out ahead: about 5½ hours against about 12½ 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 ¥780 against ¥936.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainQingdao 青岛 → Xiamen North 厦门北 | 12 h 8 minG994, fastest | 12½ hours | ¥936standard class | 108:08 |
| FlightQingdao Jiaodong (TAO) → Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN) | 2 h 45 minin the air | 5½ hours | about ¥780varies by day | 607:50–17:40 |
By train
One direct high-speed train a day runs from Qingdao to Xiamen North, at 08:08. The fastest, G994, takes 12 h 8 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥936. Coming back, one train a day, the fastest 11 h 40 min (G992, at 07:34).
Qingdao: Qingdao North also has many high-speed trains. Xiamen: Gaoqi Airport (XMN) is due to be replaced by the new Xiang'an Airport around the end of 2026.
By air
6 nonstop flights a day from Qingdao Jiaodong (TAO) to Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN), 2 h 45 min in the air, 07:50 to 17:40, with Shandong Airlines and XiamenAir. 6 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 5½ hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥780.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Qingdao and on to Xiamen, so the trip can be broken there.
- Yangzhou 扬州 420 km from Qingdao · 3 h 21 min there, 10 h 20 min on
At the other end
Featured places around Xiamen.
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Gulangyu Island 鼓浪屿
A car-free island of old villas, banyan trees and drifting piano music
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.