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Chiang Mai to Kunming

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 31.

Getting from Chiang Mai to Kunming

Somewhere to stay in Kunming partner Left luggage in Kunming Everywhere from Chiang Mai Everywhere from Kunming

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

China Eastern Airlines CNX → KMG 814 km non-stop 737 in the air 3 h 01 est. rate not held 536 km/h average

Other ways to reach Kunming

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Kunming without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Dali (Xiaguan) – Kunming 50 min Cargo Plus Aviation

Zhaotong – Kunming 50 min China Eastern Airlines

Lijiang – Kunming 54 min Air France

Lincang – Kunming 55 min China Eastern Airlines

Baoshan (Longyang) – Kunming 58 min China Eastern Airlines

Jinghong (Gasa) – Kunming 1 h 01 Cargo Plus Aviation

Diqing (Shangri-La) – Kunming 1 h 03 Cargo Plus Aviation

Baoshan (Tengchong) – Kunming 1 h 04 Cargo Plus Aviation

Dehong (Mangshi) – Kunming 1 h 04 Cargo Plus Aviation

Luzhou (Yunlong) – Kunming 1 h 06 China Eastern Airlines

And other ways to reach Chiang Mai

Luang Phabang – Chiang Mai 57 min Lao Airlines

Yangon – Chiang Mai 57 min Air Bagan

Udon Thani – Chiang Mai 1 h 02 Nok Air

Bangkok – Chiang Mai 1 h 13 Air Berlin, Nok Air

Na Thon (Ko Samui Island) – Chiang Mai 1 h 47 Bangkok Airways

Krabi – Chiang Mai 1 h 59 Thai AirAsia

Phuket – Chiang Mai 1 h 59 Thai AirAsia

Hat Yai – Chiang Mai 2 h 09 Thai AirAsia

Chongqing – Chiang Mai 2 h 18 Shandong Airlines

Guangzhou (Huadu) – Chiang Mai 2 h 28 China Southern Airlines

Where else these quays go

Also from Chiang Mai

Bangkok · Beijing · Chongqing · Guangzhou (Huadu) · Hat Yai · Hong Kong · Krabi · Luang Phabang · Na Thon (Ko Samui Island) · Phuket · Seoul · Sepang · Shanghai (Pudong) · Singapore

Also from Kunming

Bangkok · Baoshan (Longyang) · Baoshan (Tengchong) · Beijing · Changde (Dingcheng) · Changsha (Changsha) · Changzhou · Chengdu (Shuangliu) · Chongqing · Colombo · Dali (Xiaguan) · Dalian (Ganjingzi) · Dehong (Mangshi) · Dhaka

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Chiang Mai–Kunming crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.