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Qiaotou · China

Car hire and driving in Qiaotou

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In China traffic drives on the right. Picking up at XNN means 56 km (35 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648823 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648851 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2807090.

Drives from Qiaotou

Car rental from Qiaotou: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Qiaotou to XiningChina35 km (22 mi)about 32 min
Qiaotou to NianboChina83 km (52 mi)about 1 h 16 min
Qiaotou to WuweiChina139 km (86 mi)about 2 h 7 min
Qiaotou to TongrenChina161 km (100 mi)about 2 h 27 min
Qiaotou to JinchangChina180 km (112 mi)about 2 h 45 min
Qiaotou to Linxia ChengguanzhenChina202 km (126 mi)about 3 h 5 min
Qiaotou to LanzhouChina217 km (135 mi)about 3 h 18 min
Qiaotou to BaiyinChina227 km (141 mi)about 3 h 27 min
Qiaotou to ZhangyeChina247 km (153 mi)about 3 h 46 min
Qiaotou to DingxiChina305 km (189 mi)about 4 h 39 min
Qiaotou to ZhongweiChina318 km (198 mi)about 4 h 51 min
Qiaotou to Gangu ChengguanzhenChina410 km (255 mi)about 6 h 15 min
Qiaotou to ChongqingChina937 km (582 mi)about 14 h 17 min
Qiaotou to ChengduChina731 km (454 mi)about 11 h 9 min
Qiaotou to BeijingChina1,323 km (822 mi)about 20 h 10 min
Qiaotou to TianjinChina1,378 km (856 mi)about 21 h 1 min
Qiaotou to WuhanChina1,360 km (845 mi)about 20 h 44 min
Qiaotou to Xi’anChina720 km (447 mi)about 10 h 59 min
Qiaotou to HefeiChina1,537 km (955 mi)about 23 h 26 min
Qiaotou to WeifangChina1,549 km (963 mi)about 23 h 38 min

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in Qiaotou?

The right, as everywhere in China.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.