There are 9 ways to get from Qinghai to Ulaanbaatar by plane, taxi, train, car, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Xining, taxi
best- Fly from Xining (XNN) to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (UBN)plane XNN - UBN
- Take the taxi from New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (UBN) to Ulaanbaatartaxi
9h 6m$207–570Train
cheapest- Take the train from Xining to Jining Southtrain Xining
- Take the train from Jining South Station to Ulaanbaatartrain 4652/4653
2d 15h$41–187Train via Erenhot
- Take the train from Xining to Hohhottrain
- Take the train from Hohhot Station to Erliantrain
- Take the train from Erlian to Ulaanbaatartrain
35h 15m$348–534Drive 1,865.5 km
- Drive from Xining to Ulaanbaatarcar 1,865.5 km
25h 9m$241–347Fly from Golmud Airport, taxi
- Fly from Golmud Airport (GOQ) to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (UBN)plane GOQ - UBN
- Take the taxi from New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (UBN) to Ulaanbaatartaxi
18h 53m$221–574Fly from Yushu, taxi
- Fly from Yushu (YUS) to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (UBN)plane YUS - UBN
- Take the taxi from New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (UBN) to Ulaanbaatartaxi
18h 12m$223–577Fly from Delingha Airport, taxi
- Fly from Delingha Airport (HXD) to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (UBN)plane HXD - UBN
- Take the taxi from New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (UBN) to Ulaanbaatartaxi
18h 19m$227–582Train, bus to Lanzhou, fly, taxi
- Take the train from Ledu to Lanzhoutrain
- Take the bus from Lanzhou to Lanzhou Airportbus
- Fly from Lanzhou (LHW) to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (UBN)plane LHW - UBN
- Take the taxi from New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (UBN) to Ulaanbaatartaxi
13h 10m$193–499Train, bus
- Take the train from Xining to Wuzhongtrain
- Take the bus from Lingwu to Yinchuan Traveling Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Yinchuan Traveling Bus Station to Hohhotbus
- Take the train from Hohhot Station to Erenhottrain 33
- Take the train from Zamyn Uud to Ulaanbaatartrain 275 / ...
42h 3m
Xining (XNN) to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport (UBN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Qinghai to Ulaanbaatar is to train which costs $40 - $190 and takes 2 days 15h.
The fastest way to get from Qinghai to Ulaanbaatar is to fly and taxi which takes 9h 6m and costs $200 - $600.
No, there is no direct train from Qinghai to Ulaanbaatar. However, there are services departing from Xining and arriving at Ulaanbaatar via Hohhot Station and Erlian. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 15m.
The distance between Qinghai and Ulaanbaatar is 1374 km. The road distance is 1865.5 km.
The best way to get from Qinghai to Ulaanbaatar without a car is to train via Erenhot which takes 35h 15m and costs $340 - $550.
It takes approximately 9h 6m to get from Qinghai to Ulaanbaatar, including transfers.
Qinghai to Ulaanbaatar train services, operated by China Railways D-Class, depart from Xining station.
Qinghai to Ulaanbaatar train services, operated by China Railways D-Class, arrive at Hohhot station.
Yes, the driving distance between Qinghai to Ulaanbaatar is 1866 km. It takes approximately 25h 9m to drive from Qinghai to Ulaanbaatar.
There are 433+ hotels available in Ulaanbaatar.
What companies run services between Qinghai, China and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia?
You can take a vehicle from Xining to Ulaanbaatar via Xining, Hohhot Station, and Erlian in around 35h 15m.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Xining to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Golmud Airport to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport via Xining, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–600
Flights from Yushu to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport via Xining, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–600
Flights from Yushu to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport via Tianfu International, Hohhot
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–550
Flights from Delingha Airport to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport via Xining, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–550
Flights from Lanzhou to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–460
- Website
- miat.com
Flights from Golmud Airport to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport via Xining, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–600
Flights from Yushu to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport via Tianfu International, Hohhot
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Yushu to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport via Xining, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–600
Flights from Delingha Airport to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport via Xining, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–550
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Lanzhou to New Ulaanbaatar International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–700
Train from Xining to Hohhot
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $55–80
- Adult - 1st Class
- $100–140
Train from Xining to Wuzhong
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–65
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $28–40
- Adult - 1st Class
- $45–65
- Phone
- 86-010-12306
- Website
- china-railway.com.cn
Train from Hohhot Station to Erlian
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $140–170
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Book at
- chinahighlights.com
Train from Erlian to Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $150–220
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Book at
- chinahighlights.com
Train from Zamyn Uud to Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Book at
- chinahighlights.com
Train from Jining South Station to Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $170–270
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Book at
- chinahighlights.com
Train from Ledu to Lanzhou
- Hard Seat
- $3–5
- Hard sleeper
- $8–12
- Soft sleeper
- $13–18
Train from Xining to Jining South
- Hard Seat
- $22–30
- Hard sleeper
- $40–60
- Soft sleeper
- $65–85
Train from Ledu to Lanzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–17
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Hard/Soft Seat
- $6–10
- Hard Sleeper
- $14–17
- Soft Sleeper
- $23–29
- Phone
- +976-1900-1949
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ulaanbaatar Railway
Train from Hohhot Station to Erenhot
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $6–13
- Website
- Ulaanbaatar Railway
- Schedules at
- Ulaanbaatar Railway
- Book at
- Ulaanbaatar Railway
- Compartment coach
- $17–21
- Sitting coach
- $6–7
- Soft sleeper coach
- $11–13
Train from Zamyn Uud to Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $8–100
- Website
- Ulaanbaatar Railway
- Schedules at
- Ulaanbaatar Railway
- Book at
- Ulaanbaatar Railway
- Compartment coach
- $26–31
- Sitting coach
- $8–11
- Soft sleeper coach
- $16–19
Train from Jining South Station to Ulaanbaatar
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12–120
- Website
- Ulaanbaatar Railway
- Schedules at
- Ulaanbaatar Railway
- Book at
- Ulaanbaatar Railway
- Compartment coach
- $35–45
- Sitting coach
- $12–15
- Soft sleeper coach
- $23–28
- Phone
- 0931-96556
- Website
- travelchinaguide.com
Bus from Lanzhou to Lanzhou Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- travelchinaguide.com
- Website
- qichezhan.net
Bus from Lingwu to Yinchuan Traveling Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- qichezhan.net
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Estimated price
- $14–17
Ulaanbaatar Taxi
- Phone
- 1900-1991
- Website
- facebook.com
Ulaanbaatar Taxi
- Phone
- 1900-1991
- Website
- facebook.com
Ulaanbaatar Taxi
- Phone
- 1900-1991
- Website
- facebook.com
Ulaanbaatar Taxi
- Phone
- 1900-1991
- Website
- facebook.com
Ulaanbaatar Taxi
- Phone
- 1900-1991
- Website
- facebook.com
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