Catania to Cagliari ferry
Ferries from Catania to Cagliari start at €39.39 and take 18h 11m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Catania to Cagliari starts at €39.39 and takes 18h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 554 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 18h 11mDoor to door
- 16h 41mMoving
- €39.39From
- 63.7 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.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Ferry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €34.44 | 17h 23m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
That is the travelling done. What happens after you walk out into Cagliari is not something we sell.
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When to book Catania to Cagliari
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €30.9890 days
- €22.7360 days
- €23.8345 days
- €21.0830 days
- €29.3321 days
- €38.1314 days
- €44.187 days
- €41.983 days
- €57.381 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €21.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 172 percent. The dearest point is €57.38, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €34.28Sun
- €33.18Mon
- €30.98Tue
- €37.03Wed
- €40.33Thu
- €39.23Fri
- €38.13Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Catania
- Catania Porto
Cagliari
- Cagliari Stazione Marittima
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 554 km against 554 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Marsala, Mazara del Vallo, Trapani, Palermo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 Catania at 06:07 and the last at 17:16, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries 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 | 4h 22m | 1h 12m | 3h 10m | €63.86 | 140.2 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 8h 16m | 7h 32m | 44m | €30.98 | 15.0 kg | 3 |
| Ferry | 18h 11m | 16h 41m | 1h 30m | €39.39 | 63.7 kg | 6 |
Questions about Catania to Cagliari
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 Catania to Cagliari take?
The Ferry from Catania to Cagliari takes 18h 11m door to door, of which 16h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 554 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 Catania to Cagliari cost?
The Ferry from Catania to Cagliari starts at €39.39 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €46.82. 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 Catania to Cagliari?
1 operators run the Ferry from Catania to Cagliari: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 6 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 Catania to Cagliari use?
The Ferry from Catania to Cagliari leaves from Catania Porto and arrives at Cagliari Stazione Marittima. 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.
Is the Ferry the best way from Catania to Cagliari?
Travelling from Catania to Cagliari by Coach costs €30.98 and takes 8h 16m door to door, against 18h 11m by Ferry. 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 Ferry from Catania to Cagliari?
Fares for the Ferry from Catania to Cagliari bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €21.08. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 172 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Catania to Cagliari produce?
The Ferry from Catania to Cagliari produces about 63.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 554 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 Catania to Cagliari?
Operators on the Ferry from Catania to Cagliari publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 18h 11m 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 Catania to Cagliari on 12 September 2026: 554 km of route against 554 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €39.39, and 18h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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