There are 7 ways to get from Nanjing to Chiang Rai by plane, bus, train, or ferry
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Fly Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane NKG - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Raibus
14h 51m฿4,363–12,736Train, ferry, Local Bus
- Take the train from Nanjing South to Kunming Southtrain
- Take the train from Kunming South to Luang Prabang stationtrain
- Take the ferry from Luang Prabang to Huay Xaiferry
- Take the bus from Chiang khong to Chiang Raibus
33h 33m฿6,598–10,611Fly Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport
- Fly from Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI)plane NKG - CEI
11h 7m฿4,683–9,746Fly Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport, ferry, Local Bus
- Fly from Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) to Luang Prabang International Airport (LPQ)plane NKG - LPQ
- Take the ferry from Luang Prabang to Huay Xaiferry
- Take the bus from Chiang khong to Chiang Raibus
21h 51m฿5,278–15,181Train to Changzhou Benniu Airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Nanjing South to Changzhou Northtrain
- Fly from Changzhou Benniu Airport (CZX) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane CZX - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Raibus
17h 11m฿5,595–15,313Train to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, fly to Chiang Mai International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Nanjing South to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX)plane PVG - CNX
- Take the bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Raibus
16h 9m฿5,918–13,077Train, Minivan, Local Bus
- Take the train from Nanjing to Kunmingtrain
- Take the train from Kunming South to Luang Prabang stationtrain
- Take the bus from Luang Prabang - Naluang Station to Huay Xai - Bokeo Stationbus
- Take the bus from Chiang khong to Chiang Raibus
2d 10h฿4,376–9,837
Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) to Chiang Mai International Airport (CNX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nanjing to Chiang Rai is to train and Minivan and Local Bus which costs ฿4300 - ฿10000 and takes 2 days 10h.
The fastest way to get from Nanjing to Chiang Rai is to fly which takes 11h 7m and costs ฿4600 - ฿10000.
The distance between Nanjing and Chiang Rai is 2701 km.
It takes approximately 14h 51m to get from Nanjing to Chiang Rai, including transfers.
Chiang Rai is 1h behind Nanjing. It is currently 08:44 in Nanjing and 07:44 in Chiang Rai.
There are 416+ hotels available in Chiang Rai.
What companies run services between Nanjing, China and Chiang Rai, Thailand?
Beijing Capital, Thai Airways International, and six other airlines fly from Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport (CEI) 4 times a day.
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿3,900–15,000
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–18,000
Flights from Changzhou Benniu Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,800–14,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,800–14,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,400–14,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–19,000
Flights from Changzhou Benniu Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,600–17,000
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Changsha, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–14,000
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–14,000
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Shenzhen Bao'an International, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–14,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,500–14,000
- Website
- rlair.net
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Jinghong
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,500–14,000
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–15,000
Flights from Changzhou Benniu Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,800–14,000
- Website
- airasia.com
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–11,000
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Kunming, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–16,000
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,700–13,000
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Mae Fah Luang-Chiang Rai International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,500–15,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Changzhou Benniu Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,900–15,000
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,800–11,000
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ฿4,300–14,000
- Website
- laoairlines.com
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Luang Prabang International Airport via Noi Bai International
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿4,800–15,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Changzhou Benniu Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ฿5,000–16,000
- Website
- westair.cn
Flights from Changzhou Benniu Airport to Chiang Mai International Airport via Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ฿3,700–17,000
Train from Nanjing South to Kunming South
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ฿4,400–4,800
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿4,400–4,800
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿7,000–8,000
- Business Class Seat
- ฿10,000–15,000
Train from Nanjing South to Changzhou North
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿290–330
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿290–330
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿480–520
- Business Class Seat
- ฿650–950
Train from Nanjing South to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿600–700
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- ฿600–700
- 1st Class Seat
- ฿1,050–1,150
- Business Class Seat
- ฿1,500–2,200
- Phone
- 021-891888
- Website
- facebook.com
Train from Kunming South to Luang Prabang station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,600–4,600
- Schedules at
- baolau.com
- Second Class
- ฿1,600–2,900
- First Class
- ฿2,300–4,600
Train from Kunming South to Luang Prabang station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,600–4,600
- Schedules at
- baolau.com
- Second Class
- ฿1,600–2,900
- First Class
- ฿2,300–4,600
Train from Nanjing South to Changzhou North
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ฿310–550
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿310–430
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿380–550
Train from Nanjing South to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ฿500–1,100
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ฿500–750
- Adult - 1st Class
- ฿750–1,100
- Phone
- +66 5326 6480
- servicecenter@greenbusthailand.com
- Website
- Green Bus Thailand
Bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿400–650
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Green Bus Thailand
Bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿400–650
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Green Bus Thailand
Bus from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ฿400–650
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- Green Bus Thailand
Bus from Chiang khong to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿65
Bus from Chiang khong to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿65
Bus from Chiang khong to Chiang Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ฿65
- Phone
- 856071212979
Bus from Luang Prabang - Naluang Station to Huay Xai - Bokeo Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿1,200–1,800
- Book at
- 12 Go
- Website
- asocialnomad.com
Ferry from Luang Prabang to Huay Xai
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿310–800
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Ferry from Luang Prabang to Huay Xai
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ฿310–800
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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