Atlas of China
Xiamen to Fuzhou 厦门 – 福州
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 1 hour against about 3½ hours by flight, counting about 20 minutes to board a train and 2½ hours of airport time for a flight. A standard-class seat is ¥126. The stations are in or near the city centres, which is what tips it.
| Way | Time | Door to door | Fare | A day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High-speed trainXiamen North 厦门北 → Fuzhou South 福州南 | 56 minG5108, fastest | 1 hour | ¥126standard class | 13706:53–22:11 |
| FlightXiamen Gaoqi (XMN) → Fuzhou Changle (FOC) | 50 minin the air | 3½ hours | 108:30 | |
| By road250 km | 3 h 30 min | 3½ hours |
By train
137 direct high-speed trains a day run from Xiamen North to Fuzhou South, between 06:53 and 22:11. The fastest, G5108, takes 56 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥126. Coming back, 140 trains a day, the fastest 1 h 3 min (G5315, 06:43 to 22:00).
Xiamen: Gaoqi Airport (XMN) is due to be replaced by the new Xiang'an Airport around the end of 2026.
By air
One nonstop flight a day from Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN) to Fuzhou Changle (FOC), 50 min in the air, at 08:30, with XiamenAir. One flies back.
By road
250 km by road, about 3 h 30 min of driving: routed on OpenStreetMap, with speeds calibrated on measured trips.
Stops on the way
Cities between the two with direct trains from Xiamen and on to Fuzhou, so the trip can be broken there.
- Quanzhou 泉州 70 km from Xiamen · 17 min there, 38 min on
At the other end
Around Xiamen: Gulangyu Island.
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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About Xiamen · About Fuzhou · Where Xiamen reaches in a day · All routes
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.