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MNL → XMN · 🇨🇳 Visa Required (₱3,948)
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Piso fare deals, seat sales, and cheapest prices on MNL → Xiamen. Xiamen Airlines, PAL & China Southern — tracked 24/7, updated daily.
From
₱4,200
roundtrip incl. taxes
~2h 30m
direct flight
₱3,948
L visa (required)
5
deals found
Direct flight
~2h 30m
Airport
XMN (one airport)
Currency
CNY (¥)
Time difference
None — same as PHT
Best weather
Oct–Dec
Best to book
4–6 weeks + visa time
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Manila → Xiamen, China
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⚠️ Visa required for Philippine passport holders — ₱3,948 all-in
Unlike Bangkok, Singapore, or KL, China does not offer visa-free entry to Filipinos. You need a Chinese L (tourist) visa, applied for in person at the Chinese Visa Application Service Center (CVASC) in Eton Centris, Quezon City, before you fly — there's no visa-on-arrival. Standard processing is 4–5 working days and costs ₱3,948 all-in (₱2,898 visa fee + ₱1,050 service fee). You'll need your passport, hotel booking, return ticket, and a bank statement. Apply at least 3 weeks before departure.
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MNL → Xiamen flight deals today
Cheapest roundtrip fares from Manila Ninoy Aquino (MNL) to Xiamen Gaoqi International (XMN) · Prices in PHP · Visa cost not included
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Best time to fly MNL → Xiamen
Month-by-month price guide for Manila to Xiamen flights
💡 Pro tip: November is the best all-round month — mild weather, low typhoon risk, and fares well under the yearly average. Avoid Chinese New Year (dates shift yearly, usually late Jan–Feb) and National Day Golden Week (October 1–7) at all costs — these are the two biggest domestic Chinese travel surges of the year, and Xiamen is a major domestic tourism city, not just an inbound stop for Filipinos. Hotels and seats both tighten hard during these windows.
📅 Xiamen events & fare surges
MNL → Xiamen fares spike hard around these dates — book early or avoid entirely
🧧 Chinese New Year (Chunyun travel rush)
Late January or February, exact date shifts yearly — 40-day travel surge
+80%
avg fare surge
Chunyun is the largest annual human migration on Earth — hundreds of millions of Chinese travelling to be home for New Year. Xiamen Airlines and China Southern shift capacity toward domestic Chinese routes during this window, tightening MNL–Xiamen seat availability even though this is an international route. Normal ₱6,000–₱8,000 fares can climb to ₱13,000–₱16,000. Hotels in Xiamen also fill with returning Fujianese diaspora and domestic tourists.
💡 Avoid this window entirely if possible — book November or March travel instead. If you must fly during Chunyun, lock in your visa and flight together at least 6 weeks out.
🇨🇳 National Day Golden Week
October 1–7 annually
+75%
avg fare surge
China's second-biggest domestic travel week. Xiamen — with Gulangyu Island, its beaches, and its status as one of China's most livable cities — is a top-tier domestic tourism destination, not just a stop for inbound Filipino travellers. Hotel prices roughly double and popular sites become genuinely crowded. Fares on MNL–Xiamen routinely hit ₱9,000–₱15,000 roundtrip during this week, against a normal ₱8,800 baseline.
💡 Fly the last week of September or mid-October instead — you'll dodge both the CIFIT trade fair crowd and the Golden Week crush while getting similar weather.
💼 CIFIT (China International Fair for Investment & Trade)
September 8–11, 2026 · Xiamen International Expo Center
+35%
avg fare surge
CIFIT is Xiamen's single biggest annual business event — over 80,000 attendees and delegations from more than 130 countries descend on the city for four days. Business travel demand on Philippine Airlines and Xiamen Airlines rises, and hotel rates in Siming and Huli districts spike well before Golden Week even begins. This is the one surge event on this route that has nothing to do with Filipino demand at all.
💡 If you're not attending CIFIT for business, book hotels at least 6–8 weeks ahead if your dates land September 5–13, or shift your trip to avoid the overlap entirely.
🌀 Typhoon season disruption
June through September, peak risk August–September
Fujian province, including Xiamen, sits directly in the typhoon belt. This doesn't reliably spike fares the way a holiday does, but it does mean elevated risk of flight delays, cancellations, and last-minute rebooking costs from June through September, worst in August. It's also part of why August fares run higher — last-minute bookings from disrupted earlier flights add pressure to remaining seats.
💡 If you're flying in August or September, buy travel insurance that explicitly covers weather delays, and avoid booking a same-day connecting domestic flight in China right after landing.
🇵🇭 PH Long Weekends & School Breaks
Holy Week (Mar–Apr); April–May summer break; Dec school break
+20%
avg fare surge
Because this route requires a visa, it doesn't see the spontaneous long-weekend bump that visa-free routes like MNL–Bangkok get — the 3-week minimum visa lead time filters out last-minute travellers by default. What it does see is a mild, predictable lift during Philippine school breaks (April–May, and the December holidays), when families with more lead time plan ahead and book together.
💡 Because visa processing forces early planning anyway, this is the one route where booking 6–8 weeks out barely costs you anything compared to booking last-minute — there's rarely a "last-minute deal" to chase here.
📊 How to read this: Surge percentages are averages vs the same route in a non-event week. Xiamen's biggest fare risks come from Chinese domestic travel calendars, not Philippine ones — Chunyun and Golden Week move more people than any Philippine holiday does. The single best thing you can do: target November travel, and treat your visa application timeline as the real constraint on how early you need to book.
💸 What Filipinos actually spend in Xiamen
Real daily breakdown in PHP, including the visa cost most sites forget to mention
Budget Filipino Traveller
₱1,200–1,700 / day (excl. visa)
🍜 Food (noodle shops, night market)₱300–450
🚇 Metro Line 2 + occasional Didi₱150–250
🏨 Hostel near Zhongshan Road₱650–900
🎡 Gulangyu ferry + sights₱0–120/day avg
📶 eSIM + VPN (one-time)₱600
3 days + flight (₱4,800 promo) + visa (₱3,948)
~₱15,000–₱18,500 all-in
Comfortable Filipino Traveller
₱2,800–4,000 / day (excl. visa)
🍜 Mix of noodle shops + Minnan restaurants₱700–1,100
🚇 Metro + Didi rides daily₱500–800
🏨 Siming District 3–4 star hotel₱3,300–5,800
🎡 Gulangyu + Xiamen University tour₱1,200–2,200
🛍️ Tea, tulou souvenirs, pasalubong₱1,000–2,000
3 days + flight (₱9,200 regular fare) + visa (₱3,948)
~₱26,000–₱35,000 all-in
Is Xiamen cheaper than Singapore? Once you're on the ground, yes — noticeably. A proper sit-down Minnan meal in Xiamen runs ₱150–300; the closest Singapore equivalent easily doubles that. But the comparison isn't as simple as a visa-free destination: the ₱3,948 China visa fee is a flat cost you pay whether you stay 2 nights or 2 weeks, so Xiamen only beats Singapore on value once your trip is long enough to dilute that upfront cost. For a quick 2–3 night trip, the visa fee alone can equal a third of your entire budget — plan a longer stay if you want the visa cost to actually pay off.
🇵🇭 Filipino traveller intel — Xiamen edition
Things a Skyscanner page would never tell you
This is the one popular short-haul route from Manila where you can't skip the visa office. Filipinos who've flown MNL–Bangkok or MNL–KL on a whim are sometimes surprised to learn China requires an in-person L visa application at CVASC in Eton Centris before you can even book with confidence. There's no visa-on-arrival, no e-visa shortcut for tourists, and the Philippines' new 14-day visa-free deal for Chinese nationals (effective January 2026) is one-directional — it does nothing for Filipinos travelling to China. Budget ₱3,948 and at least 3 weeks of lead time before you get excited about a cheap seat sale.
Xiamen has the largest documented Filipino community of any city in mainland China. Philippine DFA records put it ahead of Guangzhou, Shanghai, and even Beijing — a legacy of centuries-old Fujian-Philippine trade ties through the old Manila galleon routes. It's not a domestic-helper-heavy community like Hong Kong; it skews toward English teachers, businesspeople, and long-term residents. If you're nervous about your first China trip, Xiamen is genuinely one of the more Filipino-friendly mainland cities to land in.
Your Facebook, Instagram, and Google Maps stop working the moment you land — and you can't fix it after the fact. China's Great Firewall blocks all of Meta's apps, Google services, and WhatsApp outright. The trap: VPN provider websites and app stores are blocked too, so if you didn't install and pay for a VPN before leaving Manila, you often can't get one once you're in Xiamen. Set this up on Philippine wifi at least a day before your flight, and install WeChat as a backup communication tool.
China is closer to fully cashless than anywhere else Filipinos typically travel to. Alipay and WeChat Pay aren't just convenient in Xiamen — many small noodle shops and market stalls genuinely have no card machine and no cash drawer, only a QR code. Bind an international Visa or Mastercard to Alipay before you fly (it can take a day or two to verify), or set up Alipay's "Tour Pass" at the airport. A Philippine debit card alone will leave you unable to pay at a meaningful share of small vendors.
Xiamen Airlines and Philippine Airlines run quieter, less-hyped seat sales than Cebu Pacific's piso fares. There's no midnight social-media frenzy the way there is with a Cebu Pacific piso fare announcement — these promos show up in fare search tools first and get noticed by budget travellers days later. piso-fare.com tracks MNL–Xiamen prices daily specifically because this route's deals are easy to miss if you're only watching for a viral piso fare post. Subscribe below to get notified directly.
Airlines flying MNL → Xiamen
Direct flights in ~2h 30m — one airport, no layover, no time zone change
Xiamen travel guide for Filipinos
Everything you need to know before you fly — written from a Filipino perspective · See the full Xiamen guide →
Xiamen trip budget for Filipinos
Typical costs in CNY — 1 CNY ≈ ₱9.10 as of mid-2026 · Visa fee (₱3,948) is separate
6 tips to get the cheapest MNL→Xiamen flights
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Frequently asked questions — MNL to Xiamen flights
Content reviewed 2026-07-30 · Prices update automatically every day
Yes. Unlike Thailand, Singapore, or Malaysia, China does not offer visa-free entry to Philippine passport holders. You need a Chinese L (tourist) visa, applied for in person at the Chinese Visa Application Service Center (CVASC) in Eton Centris, Quezon City, before you fly — there is no visa-on-arrival or e-visa option. The single-entry visa costs ₱3,948 all-in (₱2,898 visa fee + ₱1,050 service fee), and standard processing takes 4–5 working days. Apply at least 3 weeks before your intended departure.
Direct flights from Manila (MNL) to Xiamen take approximately 2 hours 30 minutes — one of the shortest international flights out of the Philippines. Xiamen is served by a single airport, Xiamen Gaoqi International (XMN), reached nonstop by Xiamen Airlines, Philippine Airlines, and China Southern. There's no time zone adjustment on arrival, since both Manila and Xiamen sit on UTC+8.
November is consistently the sweet spot — mild weather, minimal typhoon risk, and fares well below the yearly average. May, June, and early July are also comparatively cheap, though typhoon season (June–September, peaking in August) raises the risk of delays. Avoid Chinese New Year (dates shift yearly, usually late January–February) and National Day Golden Week (October 1–7) — both are massive domestic Chinese travel surges that push MNL–Xiamen fares up sharply too.
Cebu Pacific and AirAsia Philippines don't currently fly this route nonstop, so the comparison is between Xiamen Airlines, Philippine Airlines, and China Southern — all full-service carriers. Xiamen Airlines, which operates the most frequent schedule (around 14 flights a week), tends to run the most aggressive promo fares. Always compare the all-in price rather than assuming any one airline is reliably cheapest; sales rotate between all three.
Add the ₱3,948 China L visa fee to whatever your roundtrip airfare is — it's a fixed cost regardless of how cheap your seat sale was. A ₱4,800 promo fare plus the visa is a ₱8,748 trip before you've booked a single night of accommodation. This is the detail most flight comparison sites leave out entirely, and it's the main reason a "cheap" Xiamen fare doesn't automatically mean a cheap trip.
No, not without a VPN. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Google Maps, and Gmail are all blocked in mainland China by the Great Firewall. Set up and pay for a VPN subscription before you leave the Philippines — VPN provider websites and app stores are themselves blocked in China, so you often can't download one after you've landed. Install WeChat as a backup communication and payment tool.
Yes. All prices are sourced from Travelpayouts based on real flight searches and refreshed regularly. Always click through to confirm the current fare on the booking page before paying — prices can change within hours, especially for hot deals and seat sales. piso-fare.com earns a small commission when you book through our links, which never affects the price you pay. The visa fee is separate and paid directly to CVASC, not through us.
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