There are 9 ways to get from Chengdu East to Dali by subway, plane, train, car, taxi, or bus
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Line 7 subway to Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, fly to Dali Huangcaoba
best- Take the subway from East station to Taipingyuansubway
- Fly from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane CTU - DLU
4h 15m¥1,022–3,525Train to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Dali Huangcaoba
cheapest- Take the train from Chengdu East to Tianfu International Airporttrain
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane TFU - DLU
4h 22m¥496–2,673Train
- Take the train from Chengdu East to Dalitrain Chengdu
8h 5m¥620–670Drive 883.6 km
- Drive from Chengdu East to Dalicar 883.6 km
9h 5m¥752–1,086Train to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Baoshan, taxi
- Take the train from Chengdu East to Tianfu International Airporttrain
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Baoshan (BSD)plane TFU - BSD
- Take the taxi from Baoshan (BSD) to Dalitaxi
5h 4m¥1,651–4,638Train to Chengdu Tianfu International Airport, fly to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, bus
- Take the train from Chengdu East to Tianfu International Airporttrain
- Fly from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane TFU - LJG
- Take the bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient Citybus
7h 53m¥1,096–2,213Fly Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, bus
- Fly from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG)plane CTU - LJG
- Take the bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient Citybus
8h 6m¥1,912–3,765Fly Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport, taxi
- Fly from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI)plane CTU - PZI
- Take the taxi from Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport (PZI) to Dalitaxi
5h 54m¥1,557–4,710Train to Mianyang Nanjiao Airport, fly to Dali Huangcaoba
- Take the train from Chengdu East to Mianyang Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (MIG) to Dali Huangcaoba (DLU)plane MIG - DLU
5h 19m¥519–2,622
Chengdu East to Dali by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chengdu East to Dali is to train which costs ¥620 - ¥670 and takes 8h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Chengdu East to Dali is to line 7 subway and fly which takes 4h 15m and costs ¥1000 - ¥3600.
Yes, there is a direct train departing from Chengdu East and arriving at Dali. Services depart twice daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 8h 5m.
The distance between Chengdu East and Dali is 693 km. The road distance is 883.6 km.
The best way to get from Chengdu East to Dali without a car is to train which takes 8h 5m and costs ¥620 - ¥670.
It takes approximately 4h 15m to get from Chengdu East to Dali, including transfers.
Chengdu East to Dali train services, operated by China Railways G-Class, depart from Chengdu East station.
Chengdu East to Dali train services, operated by China Railways G-Class, arrive at Dali station.
Yes, the driving distance between Chengdu East to Dali is 884 km. It takes approximately 9h 5m to drive from Chengdu East to Dali.
There are 222+ hotels available in Dali.
What companies run services between Chengdu East, China and Dali, Yunnan Sheng, China?
China Railways G-Class operates a train from Chengdu East to Dali twice daily. Tickets cost ¥620–670 and the journey takes 8h 5m.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥460–2,700
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥440–4,200
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥450–5,500
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥460–2,800
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥460–2,700
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥440–4,200
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥450–5,500
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥460–2,800
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Panzhihua Bao'Anying Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–2,500
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–4,300
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Baoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,200
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Baoshan via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,400–4,400
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–4,100
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥460–2,800
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,000–2,500
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥950–4,300
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Baoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,300–4,200
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥450–4,100
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥460–2,800
- Website
- cdal.com.cn
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥460–2,700
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥440–2,600
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥460–2,800
Flights from Mianyang Nanjiao Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥440–2,500
- Website
- tibetairlines.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥460–2,700
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥440–2,600
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥450–2,700
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥460–2,800
Flights from Mianyang Nanjiao Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥440–2,500
- Website
- airkunming.com
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥460–2,700
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥440–2,600
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥450–2,700
Flights from Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥460–2,800
Flights from Mianyang Nanjiao Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥440–2,500
- Website
- luckyair.net
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Dali Huangcaoba
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥440–2,600
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥450–2,700
- Website
- qdairlines.com
Flights from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport to Lijiang Sanyi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥450–2,700
- Phone
- 028-61638000
- Website
- cdmetro.cn
Subway from East station to Taipingyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 21 min
- Frequency
- Every 5 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥3–5
- Schedules at
- chengdurail.com
Train from Chengdu East to Dali
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥620–670
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥1,000–1,150
- Business Class Seat
- ¥1,500–2,100
Train from Chengdu East to Mianyang Train Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥53–58
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥85–95
- Business Class Seat
- ¥120–170
Train from Chengdu East to Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥40–60
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥40–60
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥40–60
Train from Chengdu East to Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥40–60
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥40–60
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥40–60
Train from Chengdu East to Tianfu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥40–60
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥40–60
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥40–60
Train from Chengdu East to Mianyang Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥55–100
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥55–80
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥70–100
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥69–110
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥75–110
Bus from Lijiang Bus Station to Dali Ancient City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥69–110
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- ¥75–110
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Estimated price
- ¥310–700
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