Cheapest€11.88
- Stena Line SL675406:412h 36m09:17CAIRNRYANBELFAST
Door to door 4h 6mCO2 8.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Cairnryan to Belfast ferry
Ferries from Cairnryan to Belfast start at €11.88 and take 3h 57m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Cairnryan to Belfast on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Cairnryan to Belfast starts at €11.88 and takes 3h 57m door to door, run by 1 operator over 75 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3h 57mDoor to door
- 2h 27mMoving
- €11.88 to €13.54From
- 07:15 to 19:30First and last departure
- 4Per day
- 8.6 kgCO2
First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for 17 September 2026, across 4 services on the day.
€11.88 to €13.54 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.
Sailings on 17 September 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
07:1509:302h 15m
STENA LINEVessel STENA SUPERFAST VIIDirect
CAIRNRYAN → BELFAST
from €42.00 €57.00
11:1513:302h 15m
STENA LINEVessel STENA SUPERFAST VIIIDirect
CAIRNRYAN → BELFAST
from €42.00 €57.00
15:3017:452h 15m
STENA LINEVessel STENA SUPERFAST VIIDirect
CAIRNRYAN → BELFAST
from €42.00 €57.00
19:3021:452h 15m
STENA LINEVessel STENA SUPERFAST VIIIDirect
CAIRNRYAN → BELFAST
from €42.00 €57.00
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Stena Line runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
17 September 2026
€42.00
STENA LINE
This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.
The cheapest and the fastest on 21 September 2026
Fastest€11.88
- Stena Line SL123818:282h 27m20:55CAIRNRYANBELFAST
Door to door 3h 57mCO2 8.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Stena Line | €11.88 | 3h 56m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The ferry gets you into Belfast. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Belfast for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Cairnryan to Belfast
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €11.893 days
- €12.991 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 9 percent. The dearest point is €12.99, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.88Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €11.88Thu
- €11.88Fri
- €11.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Cairnryan
Ferry
- CAIRNRYAN
- P&O Cairnryan Ferry
- Stena Line Ferry Cairnryan Terminal
Belfast
Ferry
- BELFAST
- Belfast Cruise Terminal
- Belfast Ferry Terminal
What the journey looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 75 km against 71 km in a straight line, a detour of 6 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Cairnryan at 06:41 and the last at 18:28, across 4 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Cairnryan to Belfast
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 Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast take?
The Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast takes 3h 57m door to door, of which 2h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 75 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 Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast cost?
The Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare is €11.88. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast?
1 operators run the Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast: Stena Line. Between them they file around 4 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 Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast use?
The Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast leaves from CAIRNRYAN and arrives at BELFAST. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast?
Fares for the Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 9 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast produce?
The Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast produces about 8.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 75 km, which works out at roughly 115 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 Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast?
Operators on the Ferry from Cairnryan to Belfast publish Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 57m 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Cairnryan to Belfast on 17 September 2026: 75 km of route against 71 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 3h 57m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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