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12 CURATEDForbidden City and Great Wall in Beijing, Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, and The Bund in Shanghai — 15 days backpacker for $1,684.
West Lake Scenic Area and Xixi National Wetland Park in Hangzhou — 14 days for $2,911.
Hong Kong Disneyland and Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, Shenzhen Safari Park and Window of the World in Shenzhen, then Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai — 14 days for $4,625.
Pick your entry and exit cities, trip length, travel month and comfort level. The calculator builds a city-by-city route and prices it from real data: average hotel rates per tier, typical meal costs, high-speed-rail and flight fares, and attraction tickets. The total updates live in your currency — no signup, no numbers pulled from thin air.
More than most travelers expect. On the budget tier, $1,000 covers roughly two weeks across two or three cities — simple rooms, local meals and trains included. On the standard tier it funds about ten comfortable days; on the comfort tier, close to a week in 4-star hotels. Costs drop fast outside the megacities, and the calculator helps you use that to your advantage.
Every number comes from city-level data: hundreds of thousands of hotel listings averaged by star tier, local dining statistics, metro and taxi fares, and entry tickets for 1,800+ attractions. Seasonal price swings are applied automatically from your travel month.
Browse all cities →The same route prices out three ways. Budget leans on 2-star stays and street food; Standard mixes 3-star hotels with sit-down restaurants; Comfort books 4-star and up. Switching tiers on the results page shows exactly what each upgrade costs, city by city.
Not sure where to begin? Browse ready-made, fully priced routes — a first-timer's Beijing-to-Shanghai run, a food loop through the southwest, a two-week grand tour — and adjust any of them to your dates and party.
See sample routes →Hotel averages are computed from over 400,000 listings nationwide; food costs aggregate city dining statistics; rail fares follow published timetables; attraction prices are hand-checked against official sources. Data refreshes with every site update — the date in the stats bar above tells you when.
Primary sources: ECB reference exchange rates · China Railway 12306 timetables