There are 6 ways to get from San Francisco to Xiamen by plane or train
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN)plane SFO - XMN
19h 7m¥2,296–6,121Fly San Francisco International Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport (SWA)plane SFO - SWA
- Take the train from Chaoshan to Xiamentrain
22h 19m¥2,199–5,819Fly San Francisco International Airport to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport (JJN)plane SFO - JJN
- Take the train from Jinjiang to Xiamentrain
19h 59m¥2,366–6,226Caltrain to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport, fly to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
- Take the train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southboundtrain
- Fly from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN)plane SJC - XMN
24h 5m¥3,210–11,133Fly San Francisco International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport, train
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Fuzhou Changle International Airport (FOC)plane SFO - FOC
- Take the train from Fuzhou South to Xiamen Northtrain
23h 42m¥2,498–6,733Fly Oakland International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN)plane OAK - XMN
21h 51m¥2,969–7,592
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Xiamen is to fly and train which costs ¥2200 - ¥6000 and takes 22h 19m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Xiamen is to fly which takes 19h 7m and costs ¥2300 - ¥6500.
The distance between San Francisco and Xiamen is 10686 km.
It takes approximately 19h 7m to get from San Francisco to Xiamen, including transfers.
Xiamen is 15h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 8:10 AM in San Francisco and 11:10 PM in Xiamen.
There are 387+ hotels available in Xiamen.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Xiamen, China?
China Southern Airlines, Cathay Pacific, and six other airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN) 4 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–9,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–9,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–8,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Los Angeles, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–7,500
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–8,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport via Wuhan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–7,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–8,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–9,500
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Seattle, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–11,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Seattle, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 59m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–11,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Seattle, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,300–11,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–9,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Jieyang Chaoshan Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,300–8,000
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–9,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,400–10,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,600–9,000
- Website
- mandarin-airlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–8,000
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Quanzhou Jinjiang Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–11,000
- Website
- sda.cn
Flights from Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Seattle, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,100–11,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,700–8,500
- Website
- cambodiaangkorair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Fuzhou Changle International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,500–10,000
Train operators
Train from Jinjiang to Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥45–75
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥45–70
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥50–75
Train from Fuzhou South to Xiamen North
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ¥90–180
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥90–130
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥120–180
Train from Chaoshan to Xiamen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥85–180
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥85–120
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥120–180
- Phone
- +1 800-660-4287
- Website
- caltrain.com
Train from San Francisco Caltrain Southbound to Santa Clara Caltrain Southbound
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ¥60–80
- Website
- https://www.caltrain.com
- Schedules at
- https://www.caltrain.com/?active_tab=route_explorer_tab
- One-way Adult
- ¥60–80
Train from Fuzhou South to Xiamen North
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥100–115
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥160–190
- Business Class Seat
- ¥240–340
Train from Chaoshan to Xiamen
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥100–110
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥160–180
- Business Class Seat
- ¥230–330
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