Cheapest€47.48
- BlaBlaCar BB657806:1415h 37m21:51Roma TiburtinaKoln Breslauer Platz
Door to door 16h 21mCO2 29.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rome to Cologne bus
Buses from Rome to Cologne start at €57.38 and take 15h 17m at their fastest.
The Buses from Rome to Cologne starts at €57.38 and takes 15h 17m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,091 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 15h 17mDoor to door
- 14h 33mMoving
- €57.38From
- 29.5 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €47.48 | 14h 53m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
The coach gets you into Cologne. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to sleep in Cologne
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When to book Rome to Cologne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €49.1390 days
- €43.0860 days
- €55.1845 days
- €47.4830 days
- €50.7821 days
- €59.0314 days
- €77.737 days
- €109.633 days
- €128.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 199 percent. The dearest point is €128.88, 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.
- €71.68Sun
- €57.38Mon
- €60.13Tue
- €59.03Wed
- €73.33Thu
- €67.28Fri
- €68.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rome
Coach
- Roma Tiburtina
- Lenin
Köln
Coach
- Koln Breslauer Platz
- Wahn S-Bahn
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 1,091 km against 1,091 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 Rome at 06:14 and the last at 20:33, across 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 5h 1m | 1h 51m | 3h 10m | €110.47 | 276.5 kg | 12 |
| Train | 8h 8m | 7h 24m | 44m | €140.04 | 36.0 kg | 9 |
| Coach | 15h 17m | 14h 33m | 44m | €57.38 | 29.5 kg | 9 |
Questions about Rome to Cologne
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 Rome to Cologne take?
The Coach from Rome to Cologne takes 15h 17m door to door, of which 14h 33m is spent moving. The route runs 1,091 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 Rome to Cologne cost?
The Coach from Rome to Cologne starts at €57.38 for one passenger, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare is €56.83. 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 Rome to Cologne?
1 operators run the Coach from Rome to Cologne: BlaBlaCar. Between them they file around 9 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 Rome to Cologne use?
The Coach from Rome to Cologne leaves from Roma Tiburtina and arrives at Koln Breslauer Platz. 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 Rome to Cologne?
Travelling from Rome to Cologne by Flight costs €110.47 and takes 5h 1m door to door, against 15h 17m 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 Rome to Cologne?
Fares for the Coach from Rome to Cologne bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.08. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 199 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rome to Cologne produce?
The Coach from Rome to Cologne produces about 29.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1091 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 Rome to Cologne?
Operators on the Coach from Rome to Cologne publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 15h 17m 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 Rome to Cologne on 9 September 2026: 1091 km of route against 1091 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €57.38, and 15h 17m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Cologne
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