Atlas of China
Hangzhou to Xiamen 杭州 – 厦门
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 4½ hours against about 4 hours by flight, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. Fares run ¥479 against about ¥430. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainHangzhou East 杭州东 → Xiamen North 厦门北 | 4 h 15 minG257, fastest | 4½ hours | ¥479standard class | 4007:03–16:36 |
| FlightHangzhou Xiaoshan (HGH) → Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN) | 1 h 40 minin the air | 4 hours | about ¥430varies by day | 708:30–22:40 |
By train
40 direct high-speed trains a day run from Hangzhou East to Xiamen North, between 07:03 and 16:36. The fastest, G257, takes 4 h 15 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥479. Coming back, 36 trains a day, the fastest 4 h 13 min (G258, 07:08 to 17:12).
Xiamen: Gaoqi Airport (XMN) is due to be replaced by the new Xiang'an Airport around the end of 2026.
By air
7 nonstop flights a day from Hangzhou Xiaoshan (HGH) to Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN), 1 h 40 min in the air, 08:30 to 22:40, with XiamenAir, Shandong Airlines and Hainan Airlines. 7 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 4 hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥430.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Hangzhou and on to Xiamen, so the trip can be broken there.
At the other end
Featured places around Xiamen.
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Gulangyu Island 鼓浪屿
A car-free island of old villas, banyan trees and drifting piano music
Around Hangzhou: West Lake, Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng.
On the map
Open either city on the illustrated map, or put both in a trip and let the planner lay out the days and the legs between them, with the same tables these numbers come from.
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Trains are every direct train on 2026-10-28 or 2026-11-11 in the 12306 timetable, with standard-class fares; one weekday, so weekend and holiday services differ, and the fastest train may not run every day. Flights are the airlines' schedules for 2026-10-28, plus routes Wikipedia lists for small airports. Drives are routed on OpenStreetMap roads (extract of 2026-10-21) where the pair was routed, else estimated from the distance. Door-to-door times add about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time to a flight. How to book is in the guide to trains and 12306; the rail times are open data on the data page.