Munich to Dresden bus

Buses from Munich to Dresden start at €20.53 and take 5h 39m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Munich to Dresden starts at €20.53 and takes 5h 39m door to door, run by 4 operators over 359 km, with around 16 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 9 September 2026Priced for 28 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 39mDoor to door
  • 4h 55mMoving
  • €20.53From
  • 9.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 28 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€18.33
  1. FlixBus FB610818:365h 10m23:46Munchen ZOB HackerbruckeDresden Bayrische Strasse

Door to door 5h 54mCO2 9.7 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
BlaBlaCar€18.335h 27m
bodo Verkehrsverbund€18.335h 28m
FlixBus€18.335h 28m
NVBW€18.885h 27m
  • BlaBlaCar
  • bodo Verkehrsverbund
  • FlixBus
  • NVBW

The journey ends at Dresden Hauptbahnhof. Everything past the barriers belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Dresden for the night the coach gets in

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Booking window

When to book Munich to Dresden

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €18.3390 days
  2. €16.1360 days
  3. €17.7845 days
  4. €17.7830 days
  5. €18.8821 days
  6. €21.6314 days
  7. €26.037 days
  8. €37.583 days
  9. €44.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 177 percent. The dearest point is €44.73, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €23.28Sun
  2. €21.63Mon
  3. €20.53Tue
  4. €21.63Wed
  5. €27.13Thu
  6. €24.38Fri
  7. €24.93Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Munich

Coach
  • Munchen ZOB Hackerbrucke
  • Central bus station Munich

Dresden

Coach
  • Dresden Bayrische Strasse
  • Radeberg, Bahnhof
The journey

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 359 km against 359 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Munich at 06:02 and the last at 18:48, across 16 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 14m2h 30m44m€47.0911.8 kg16
Flight4h 5m55m3h 10m€43.2191.0 kg6
Coach5h 39m4h 55m44m€20.539.7 kg16

Questions about Munich to Dresden

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 Munich to Dresden take?

The Coach from Munich to Dresden takes 5h 39m door to door, of which 4h 55m is spent moving. The route runs 359 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 Munich to Dresden cost?

The Coach from Munich to Dresden starts at €20.53 for one passenger, checked on 28 September 2026. A typical fare is €21.91. 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 Munich to Dresden?

4 operators run the Coach from Munich to Dresden: BlaBlaCar, bodo Verkehrsverbund, FlixBus, NVBW. Between them they file around 16 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 Munich to Dresden use?

The Coach from Munich to Dresden leaves from Munchen ZOB Hackerbrucke and arrives at Dresden Bayrische Strasse. 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 Munich to Dresden?

Travelling from Munich to Dresden by Train costs €47.09 and takes 3h 14m door to door, against 5h 39m 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 Munich to Dresden?

Fares for the Coach from Munich to Dresden bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.13. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 177 percent, measured on 28 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Munich to Dresden produce?

The Coach from Munich to Dresden produces about 9.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 359 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 Munich to Dresden?

Operators on the Coach from Munich to Dresden publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 39m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

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 Munich to Dresden on 9 September 2026: 359 km of route against 359 km in a straight line, 16 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €20.53, and 5h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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