Cheapest€11.88
- Blue Star BS965806:124h 24m10:36KALYMNOSEsperides
Door to door 5h 54mCO2 15.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Kálymnos to Rhodes ferry
Ferries from Kálymnos to Rhodes start at €11.88 and take 5h 41m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Kálymnos to Rhodes on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Ferries from Kálymnos to Rhodes starts at €11.88 and takes 5h 41m door to door, run by 2 operators over 137 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 41mDoor to door
- 4h 11mMoving
- €11.88 to €21.79From
- 05:25 to 05:25First and last departure
- 1Per day
- 15.8 kgCO2
First and last are the departures the operators themselves filed for 17 September 2026, across 1 services on the day.
€11.88 to €21.79 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.
05:2509:404h 15m
BLUE STAR FERRIESVessel BLUE STAR 1Direct
KALYMNOS → RODOS
from €18.50deckseat €20.50 €36.50
Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
17 September 2026
€18.50
BLUE STAR FERRIES
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 22 September 2026
Fastest€14.09
- SAOS Ferries SA939706:124h 11m10:23KALYMNOSEsperides
Door to door 5h 41mCO2 15.8 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
| Operator | Fastest | On board |
|---|---|---|
 Blue Star | 5h 42m | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
| SAOS Ferries | 5h 41m | Bar, Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
The ferry gets you into Rhodes. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rhodes for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Kálymnos to Rhodes
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.4490 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €13.547 days
- €21.793 days
- €16.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 83 percent. The dearest point is €21.79, 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.
- €12.99Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €12.99Wed
- €16.29Thu
- €12.99Fri
- €13.54Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Kálymnos
Ferry
- KALYMNOS
- KALYMNOS (ALL PORTS)
Rhodes
Ferry
- Esperides
- RODOS
- RODOS (ALL PORTS)
- Rhodes Town (Mandraki)
- SKALA KAMIROU(RHO)
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 57% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 43% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 137 km against 124 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Sými, Kos, Pátmos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 5 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 Kálymnos at 06:12 and the last at 14:26, across 7 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Kálymnos to Rhodes
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 Kálymnos to Rhodes take?
The Ferry from Kálymnos to Rhodes takes 5h 41m door to door, of which 4h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 137 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 Kálymnos to Rhodes cost?
The Ferry from Kálymnos to Rhodes starts at €11.88 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €14.09. 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 Kálymnos to Rhodes?
2 operators run the Ferry from Kálymnos to Rhodes: Blue Star, SAOS Ferries. Between them they file around 7 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 Kálymnos to Rhodes use?
The Ferry from Kálymnos to Rhodes leaves from KALYMNOS and arrives at Esperides. 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 Kálymnos to Rhodes?
Fares for the Ferry from Kálymnos to Rhodes bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 83 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Kálymnos to Rhodes produce?
The Ferry from Kálymnos to Rhodes produces about 15.8 kg of CO2 per passenger over 137 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 Kálymnos to Rhodes?
Operators on the Ferry from Kálymnos to Rhodes publish Bar, , Bicycles, Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 41m 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 Kálymnos to Rhodes on 14 September 2026: 137 km of route against 124 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 5h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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