--- title: "Lanzhou to Jiayuguan | Mixroutes" description: How to get from Lanzhou to Jiayuguan by train, bus, plane and car. Real timetables, honest prices. url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/lanzhou-to-jiayuguan" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/lanzhou-to-jiayuguan.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Lanzhou to Jiayuguan [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lanzhou&to=Jiayuguan) [Jiayuguan to Lanzhou](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/jiayuguan-to-lanzhou) **Quickest listed:** 4h 13m\ by plane, door to door; trains not read\ **Lowest listed:** ¥285\ by car; trains not read\ **Distance:** 641 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** –\ timetables not read\ ## 3 ways to travel 641 km apart. Times are the timetables for Tue 10 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. Trains and buses couldn't be loaded when this page was made, so this is not the full list and none of it is called best, fastest or cheapest. [The planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lanzhou&to=Jiayuguan) reads the timetables again for your day. - [**Fly** 4h 13m¥540–830 Estimated LHW → JGN · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lanzhou&to=Jiayuguan) - [**Drive** 8h 30m¥285–380 Estimated 733 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lanzhou&to=Jiayuguan) - [**Taxi** 8h 30m¥1,900–2,850 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lanzhou&to=Jiayuguan) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from China; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Exercise increased caution in China** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.chn.html) Travel advice: US State Department. ## Departures today No train or bus is listed because the timetables couldn't be loaded when this page was made, not because none runs. [See today's departures in the planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Lanzhou&to=Jiayuguan). ## Questions people ask How long is the flight from Lanzhou to Jiayuguan? About 1h 26m in the air (LHW → JGN); about 4h 13m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run ¥540–830; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Jiayuguan from Lanzhou by road? About 733 km, roughly 8h 30m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ¥285–380; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Jiayuguan Prefecture-level city in Gansu, China Jiayuguan City is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Gansu province, with a population of 312,663 as of the 2020 census. Compared with the 231,853 people in the sixth national census in 2010, there was an increase of 80,810 people, with an average annual increase of 3.04%. Its built-up area was home to 768,274 inhabitants made of Jiayuguan City and Suzhou urban district of Jiuquan City now being conurbated. It is named after the nearby Jiayu Pass, the largest and most intact pass of the Great Wall of China. [The Jiayuguan guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/jiayuguan) [Hotels in Jiayuguan Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com/jiayuguan) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/lanzhou-to-jiayuguan, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt