Atlas of China
Xiamen to Guangzhou 厦门 – 广州
Door to door, the high-speed train comes out ahead: about 3½ 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 ¥303 against about ¥400. 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 → Guangzhou South 广州南 | 3 h 24 minG3019, fastest | 3½ hours | ¥303standard class | 2107:00–19:54 |
| FlightXiamen Gaoqi (XMN) → Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN) | 1 h 40 minin the air | 4 hours | about ¥400varies by day | 607:30–20:35 |
By train
21 direct high-speed trains a day run from Xiamen North to Guangzhou South, between 07:00 and 19:54. The fastest, G3019, takes 3 h 24 min, and a standard-class seat is ¥303. Coming back, 21 trains a day, the fastest 3 h 18 min (G3017, 06:18 to 20:12).
Xiamen: Gaoqi Airport (XMN) is due to be replaced by the new Xiang'an Airport around the end of 2026.
By air
6 nonstop flights a day from Xiamen Gaoqi (XMN) to Guangzhou Baiyun (CAN), 1 h 40 min in the air, 07:30 to 20:35, with China Southern Airlines and XiamenAir. 6 fly back. Door to door, with the airports at each end, count about 4 hours; fares vary by day and are typically about ¥400.
At the other end
Featured places around Guangzhou.
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Canton Tower & Pearl River 广州塔
A slim-waisted tower glowing over the Pearl River in China's Cantonese food capital
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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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.