--- title: "Xian to Malian – 4 ways by plane, car, train | Mixroutes" description: "Xian to Malian is 817 km. Fastest: fly in 6h 1m. Cheapest: drive from ¥375. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/xian-to-malian" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/xian-to-malian.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Xian to Malian [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Xian&to=Malian) [Malian to Xian](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/malian-to-xian) **Fastest:** 6h 1m\ by plane, door to door\ **Cheapest:** ¥375\ by car\ **Distance:** 817 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** 1\ from 08:00, Sat 14 Nov\ ## 4 ways to travel 817 km apart. Times are the timetables for Sat 14 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. best 5h 35m quicker than driving for ¥510 more; for most people the time is worth more. - [**Fly** best fastest Least hassle 6h 1m¥880–1,340 Estimated SJW → XIY · non-stop · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Xian&to=Malian) - [**Drive** cheapest 11h 37m¥375–500 Estimated 964 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Xian&to=Malian) - [**Train** 19h 5m¥494–1,404 Estimated next 1 from 08:00 · 中国国家铁路集团有限公司](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Xian&to=Malian) - [**Taxi** 11h 37m¥2,500–3,750 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Xian&to=Malian) Data: [Timetables via Transitous](https://transitous.org/sources/) · [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 © OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Departures today 1. [14:33 → 09:38^+1 19h 5m · 1 change 中国国家铁路集团有限公司 G3975¥494–1,404](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Xian&to=Malian&date=2026-11-14&time=08%3A00&it=t1vlwcor) The next departures from 08:00, not the whole day. Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Xian to Malian? The fastest way is by plane: about 6h 1m door to door, including the ride to the airport and check-in. The straight-line distance is 817 km. What is the cheapest way from Xian to Malian? Driving is the cheapest, from ¥375. That figure is a fuel estimate, not counting tolls or parking. Is there a direct train from Xian to Malian? Not among the trains we read from 08:00: those involve a change, and the fastest takes 19h 5m. The planner checks the rest of the day. How long is the flight from Xian to Malian? About 1h 33m in the air (SJW → XIY); about 6h 1m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run ¥880–1,340; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Malian from Xian by road? About 964 km, roughly 11h 37m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around ¥375–500; tolls and parking are extra. ## Who runs it Railways - 中国国家铁路集团有限公司 Read from today's timetables. Operators don't pay to be listed here. ## In Malian Ongoing conflict in West Africa since 2012 The Mali War is an ongoing conflict that began on 16 January 2012 with a Tuareg rebellion in northern Mali. The rebels included the secular-oriented National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), a group fighting for independence or greater autonomy of a region they called Azawad. The MNLA was initially allied with the jihadist Ansar Dine, which, in turn, was allied to other Salafi jihadist organizations such as al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and its splinter, Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA). [The Malian guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/malian) [Hotels in Malian Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com/malian) ## 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/xian-to-malian, 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