Getting from Guangzhou Baiyun Airport to Huizhou
Weighing a metered fare against a fixed price on a longer eastward drive, and why settling the number in advance matters more here than on a short hop.
- Distance
- 160 km
- Time
- 2 h 10 min
| How you get there | Price |
|---|---|
| Pre-booked | $179 |
Prices checked September 5, 2026
Huizhou sits east of Guangzhou, roughly on the way toward Shenzhen, and it’s one of the longer regional drives on the airport’s list. It isn’t reachable by metro or rail from here, so the choice comes down to a bus if one covers the route, a full-distance taxi, or a car booked before you fly — and the longer the drive, the more a fixed price agreed in advance is worth.
What’s actually available
A taxi covers the distance directly, metered, with the fare tracking the length of the trip rather than a flat local rate. A car booked ahead settles that number before you fly and puts a driver in arrivals with your name — worth weighing seriously here, given how far this route runs compared with most of the airport’s other regional legs.
A different kind of trip than the delta towns
Where Foshan or Sanshui feel like an extension of Guangzhou itself, Huizhou is a genuine separate destination further along the coast toward Shenzhen — industrial in parts, with its own lake district that draws weekend visitors from the wider region. Neither changes the transport choice, but it’s worth arriving with the right expectation of the drive ahead rather than assuming it plays out like the shorter legs closer to the airport.
Where to next
Comparing this against the airport’s other regional destinations: the transfers hub. Further in the same general direction: Shenzhen.
Going back: Huizhou to the airport
The same trip in reverse, booked the same way — worth arranging before your last morning rather than on it.
Frequently asked questions
Is Huizhou far from Guangzhou airport?
Is there a direct train from the airport to Huizhou?
Is a taxi practical for a trip this long, or should I book ahead?
Keep planning
- Guangzhou Baiyun Airport (CAN): Live Flights and TransfersChecking a flight, picking the right building since one of three closed this year, and everything from the metro into town to the visa rules before you land.
- Transfers from Guangzhou Airport: Where You Can GoDestinations beyond the city itself, from nearby Foshan to Hong Kong across the border. What booking ahead buys you, and the two legs that cross a checkpoint.
- Guangzhou Airport to Shenzhen: Getting ThereWeighing a metered fare against a fixed one on a long regional drive, plus whether this stop belongs on a route continuing further to Hong Kong.
- Guangzhou Airport to the City: Every Way to Get ThereFive ways in, what each one covers, which terminal it starts from, and the evening cutoff that decides whether public transport is even an option.
- Where to Stay Near Guangzhou Airport: Three ZonesHow the airport zone, Tianhe and Pazhou compare on price and purpose, plus the fair-week swing strong enough to flip the cheaper zone into the priciest.