There are 4 ways to get from Dali to Sydney by plane, taxi, train, or bus
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Fly from Dali Huangcaoba
best- Fly from Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane DLU - SYD
16h 19m$504–1,406Train to Kunming Changshui International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Dali to Kunmingtrain
- Fly from Kunming Changshui International Airport (KMG) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane KMG - SYD
17h 42m$440–956Taxi to Luxi, fly
- Take the taxi from Dali to Luxi (LUM)taxi
- Fly from Luxi (LUM) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane LUM - SYD
19h 49m$619–1,543Bus to Lijiang Sanyi Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Dali Ancient City to Lijiang Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Lijiang Sanyi Airport (LJG) to Sydney International Airport (SYD)plane LJG - SYD
22h 56m$576–1,537
Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dali to Sydney is to train and fly which costs $440 - $1,000 and takes 17h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Dali to Sydney is to fly which takes 16h 19m and costs $500 - $1,500.
The distance between Dali and Sydney is 8552 km.
It takes approximately 16h 19m to get from Dali to Sydney, including transfers.
Sydney is 2h ahead of Dali. It is currently 7:46 AM in Dali and 9:46 AM in Sydney.
There are 5153+ hotels available in Sydney.
What companies run services between Dali, Yunnan Sheng, China and Sydney, NSW, Australia?
China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Dali Huangcaoba (DLU) to Sydney International Airport (SYD) 3 times a day.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Luxi to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Luxi to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Luxi to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Sydney International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Luxi to Sydney International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Luxi to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Luxi to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Sydney International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $900–3,100
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Sydney International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- hainanairlines.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,500
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Haikou
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
- Website
- vietjetair.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- tianjin-air.com
Flights from Dali Huangcaoba to Sydney International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–1,500
- Website
- flyscoot.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,000
- Website
- vietnamairlines.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Tan Son Nhat
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,300
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Kunming Changshui International Airport to Sydney International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Lijiang Sanyi Airport to Sydney International Airport via Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Train from Dali to Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $22–35
- Adult - 1st Class
- $30–50
- [email protected]
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Dali Ancient City to Lijiang Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Bus
- $16–23
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