Cheapest€21.63
- VPE VP783606:406h 35m13:15Koln Breslauer PlatzMering Bahnhof
Door to door 7h 19mCO2 12.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Cologne to Augsburg bus
Buses from Cologne to Augsburg start at €26.03 and take 6h 50m at their fastest.
The Buses from Cologne to Augsburg starts at €26.03 and takes 6h 50m door to door, run by 5 operators over 463 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 50mDoor to door
- 6h 6mMoving
- €26.03From
- 12.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €22.18 | 6h 47m |
 bodo Verkehrsverbund | €23.28 | 6h 49m |
 FlixBus | €22.73 | 6h 47m |
 NVBW | €22.73 | 6h 47m |
 VPE | €21.63 | 6h 49m |
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Augsburg is not something we sell.
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When to book Cologne to Augsburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.6390 days
- €19.4360 days
- €22.1845 days
- €21.6330 days
- €22.7321 days
- €27.1314 days
- €32.637 days
- €46.933 days
- €56.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 192 percent. The dearest point is €56.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €29.33Sun
- €26.03Mon
- €27.13Tue
- €27.13Wed
- €35.38Thu
- €32.08Fri
- €34.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Köln
Coach
- Koln Breslauer Platz
- Wahn S-Bahn
Augsburg
Coach
- Mering Bahnhof
- Fernbushaltestelle
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 463 km against 402 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Cologne at 06:12 and the last at 17:29, across 15 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 54m | 3h 10m | 44m | €61.94 | 15.3 kg | 15 |
| Coach | 6h 50m | 6h 6m | 44m | €26.03 | 12.5 kg | 15 |
Questions about Cologne to Augsburg
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Cologne to Augsburg take?
The Coach from Cologne to Augsburg takes 6h 50m door to door, of which 6h 6m is spent moving. The route runs 463 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Cologne to Augsburg cost?
The Coach from Cologne to Augsburg starts at €26.03 for one passenger, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare is €24.93. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Cologne to Augsburg?
5 operators run the Coach from Cologne to Augsburg: BlaBlaCar, bodo Verkehrsverbund, FlixBus, NVBW, VPE. Between them they file around 15 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Cologne to Augsburg use?
The Coach from Cologne to Augsburg leaves from Koln Breslauer Platz and arrives at Mering Bahnhof. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Cologne to Augsburg?
Travelling from Cologne to Augsburg by Train costs €61.94 and takes 3h 54m door to door, against 6h 50m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Cologne to Augsburg?
Fares for the Coach from Cologne to Augsburg bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.43. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 192 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Cologne to Augsburg produce?
The Coach from Cologne to Augsburg produces about 12.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 463 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Cologne to Augsburg?
Operators on the Coach from Cologne to Augsburg publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 50m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Cologne to Augsburg on 9 September 2026: 463 km of route against 402 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €26.03, and 6h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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