Cheapest€10.07
- AS Lux Express Estonia AS122906:162h 13m08:29Pärnu Bus StationTartu Coach Station
Door to door 2h 57mCO2 4.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Pärnu to Tartu bus
Buses from Pärnu to Tartu start at €10.07 and take 2h 48m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Pärnu to Tartu on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Buses from Pärnu to Tartu starts at €10.07 and takes 2h 48m door to door, run by 3 operators over 149 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 2h 48mDoor to door
- 2h 4mMoving
- €10.07 to €19.43From
- 06:05 to 14:33First and last departure
- 10Per day
- 4.0 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 29 September 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€10.07 to €19.43 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €15.03Wed16
- about €19.43Thu17
- about €15.58Fri18
- about €16.13Sat19
- about €13.93Sun20
- about €12.28Mon21
- about €11.18Tue22
- about €10.63Wed23
- about €12.83Thu24
- about €12.28Fri25
- about €12.83Sat26
- about €11.73Sun27
- about €10.63Mon28
- about €10.07Tue29
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026
Fastest€10.07
- GoBus GB502814:182h 4m16:22Pärnu Bus StationTartu Coach Station
Door to door 2h 48mCO2 4.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Bus operators
| Operator | Fastest |
|---|---|
 AS Lux Express Estonia | 2h 45m |
| GoBus | 2h 46m |
| MK Reis | 2h 45m |
The coach gets you into Tartu. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Tartu for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Pärnu to Tartu
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0845 days
- €10.0830 days
- €10.0721 days
- €10.0714 days
- €11.187 days
- €15.583 days
- €15.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 55 percent. The dearest point is €15.58, 3 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.
- €11.73Sun
- €10.63Mon
- €10.07Tue
- €10.63Wed
- €12.83Thu
- €12.28Fri
- €12.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Pärnu
Coach
- Pärnu Bus Station
Tartu
Coach
- Tartu Coach Station
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 149 km against 130 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kesklinn, Lasnamäe, Tallinn, Mustamäe. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Pärnu at 06:05 and the last at 14:33, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Pärnu to Tartu
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 Pärnu to Tartu take?
The Coach from Pärnu to Tartu takes 2h 48m door to door, of which 2h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 149 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 Pärnu to Tartu cost?
The Coach from Pärnu to Tartu starts at €10.07 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €12.01. 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 Pärnu to Tartu?
3 operators run the Coach from Pärnu to Tartu: AS Lux Express Estonia, GoBus, MK Reis. Between them they file around 10 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 Pärnu to Tartu use?
The Coach from Pärnu to Tartu leaves from Pärnu Bus Station and arrives at Tartu Coach Station. 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.
When should I book the Coach from Pärnu to Tartu?
Fares for the Coach from Pärnu to Tartu bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 55 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Pärnu to Tartu produce?
The Coach from Pärnu to Tartu produces about 4.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 149 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 Pärnu to Tartu?
Operators on the Coach from Pärnu to Tartu publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 48m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.
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.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Pärnu to Tartu on 15 September 2026: 149 km of route against 130 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 2h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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