How do you combine Beijing and Tianjin?
Yes. Beijing and Tianjin combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow 3 days in Beijing and 3 days in Tianjin, around 6 days in total.
How the two connect
Beijing and Tianjin are only about 108 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Beijing is Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK), about 25 km away; for Tianjin it is Tianjin Binhai International Airport (TSN), about 15 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Beijing
- 3 days
- Tianjin
- 3 days
- Together
- 6 days · about 108 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Beijing
- All-Inclusive Tour: Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Great Wall
- Beijing Private Tour: 2 Days Forbidden City and Mutianyu Great Wall VIP Tour
- Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall Private Tour
- All-inclusive Day Tours: Tiananmen Sq, Forbidden City, Great Wall
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.