Montevideo to Buenos Aires ferry
Ferries from Montevideo to Buenos Aires start at €15.74 and take 7h 35m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Montevideo to Buenos Aires starts at €15.74 and takes 7h 35m door to door, run by 1 operator over 203 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 7h 35mDoor to door
- 6h 5mMoving
- €15.74From
- 23.3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Buquebus | €12.99 | 7h 33m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets |
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When to book Montevideo to Buenos Aires
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.8390 days
- €10.0860 days
- €10.0845 days
- €10.0830 days
- €12.8321 days
- €15.5814 days
- €19.437 days
- €18.333 days
- €23.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 136 percent. The dearest point is €23.83, 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.
- €14.48Sun
- €13.38Mon
- €12.83Tue
- €13.93Wed
- €16.13Thu
- €15.58Fri
- €15.58Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Montevideo
- Buquebus
Buenos Aires
- Buquebus
- Colonia Express
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 203 km against 203 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 Montevideo at 06:27 and the last at 20:59, across 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coach | 3h 27m | 2h 43m | 44m | €12.83 | 5.5 kg | 30 |
| Flight | 3h 51m | 41m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 51.4 kg | 28 |
| Ferry | 7h 35m | 6h 5m | 1h 30m | €15.74 | 23.3 kg | 10 |
Questions about Montevideo to Buenos Aires
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 Montevideo to Buenos Aires take?
The Ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aires takes 7h 35m door to door, of which 6h 5m is spent moving. The route runs 203 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 Montevideo to Buenos Aires cost?
The Ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aires starts at €15.74 for one passenger, checked on 12 September 2026. A typical fare is €16.02. 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 Montevideo to Buenos Aires?
1 operators run the Ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aires: Buquebus. 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 Ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aires use?
The Ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aires leaves from Buquebus and arrives at Buquebus. 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 Montevideo to Buenos Aires?
Travelling from Montevideo to Buenos Aires by Coach costs €12.83 and takes 3h 27m door to door, against 7h 35m 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 Montevideo to Buenos Aires?
Fares for the Ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aires bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.08. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 136 percent, measured on 12 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aires produce?
The Ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aires produces about 23.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 203 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 Montevideo to Buenos Aires?
Operators on the Ferry from Montevideo to Buenos Aires publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Toilets. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 35m 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 Montevideo to Buenos Aires on 12 September 2026: 203 km of route against 203 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.74, and 7h 35m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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