How do you combine Jinzhong and Taiyuan?
Yes. Jinzhong and Taiyuan combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow 2 days in Jinzhong and 3 days in Taiyuan, around 5 days in total.
How the two connect
Jinzhong and Taiyuan are only about 27 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. Both are served by Taiyuan Wusu International Airport (TYN), so a single arrival airport covers the pair.
Suggested days
- Jinzhong
- 2 days
- Taiyuan
- 3 days
- Together
- 5 days · about 27 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 Taiyuan
- Taiyuan Wusu International Airport(TYN) to Pingyao hotel
- Taiyuan Wusu Airport Chauffeur Service , Taiyuan Airport Transfer,Pickup
- Private Day Tour to Yungang Caves from Taiyuan by fast train
- Private Day Tour to Qiao Family Compound and Pingyao Old Town from Taiyuan
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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.