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Abhā to Abu Dhabi

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Abhā to Abu Dhabi. From €141.74, fastest 6h 14m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Abhā to Abu Dhabi runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €141.74, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 14m over 1,697 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 22 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €141.74, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026

€141.74

  • 177%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Abhā

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 3Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €401.93Wed23
  2. about €358.27Thu24
  3. about €351.78Fri25
  4. about €315.20Sat26
  5. about €260.92Sun27
  6. about €230.24Mon28
  7. about €232.60Tue29
  8. about €229.65Wed30
  9. about €246.76Thu1
  10. about €209.00Fri2
  11. about €210.18Sat3
  12. about €218.44Sun4
  13. about €176.55Mon5
  14. about €196.61Tue6
  15. about €165.34Wed7
  16. about €201.92Thu8
  17. about €192.48Fri9
  18. about €201.33Sat10
  19. about €154.72Sun11
  20. about €141.74Mon12
  21. about €169.47Tue13

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Abu Dhabi. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Abu Dhabi for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Abu Dhabi Airport City Terminal and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Abhā to Abu Dhabi

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €155.3190 days
  2. €154.7260 days
  3. €145.2845 days
  4. €165.3430 days
  5. €169.4721 days
  6. €196.6114 days
  7. €232.607 days
  8. €351.783 days
  9. €401.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €145.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 177 percent. The dearest point is €401.93, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€401.93€145.28137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Abhā to Abu Dhabi and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

1,697 km

1,412 km as the crow flies, 20% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

210,8861,807,000

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

Saudi ArabiaSudanEgyptIranYemenPakistanOmanArabian SeaKarachiKarachiJeddahJeddahRiyadhRiyadhDubaiDubaiKhartoumKhartoumSanaaSanaaMedinaMedinaDammamDammamMuscatMuscatBuraidahBuraidahTabukTabukHa'ilHa'ilMukallaMukallaAsmaraAsmaraAsyutAsyutNajranNajranAbhaAbhaAbu DhabiAbu DhabiMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,697 km against 1,412 km in a straight line, a detour of 20 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Dammam, Dubai, Riyadh. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.

Abu Dhabi is large, and the road in from AUH can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Abu Dhabi

Settled in advance, so the ride into Abu Dhabi costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Abu Dhabi Airport City Terminal

Most of the points near Abu Dhabi Airport City Terminal open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Abhā to Abu Dhabi

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 it take to get from Abhā to Abu Dhabi?

The fastest journey from Abhā to Abu Dhabi takes 6h 14m door to door, of which 3h 21m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 8m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Abhā to Abu Dhabi?

The cheapest fare from Abhā to Abu Dhabi is €141.74, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €220.80. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Abhā to Abu Dhabi?

The cheapest way from Abhā to Abu Dhabi is by flight, at €141.74 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 16m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Abhā to Abu Dhabi?

Fares from Abhā to Abu Dhabi bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €145.28. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 177 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Abhā to Abu Dhabi?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Abhā to Abu Dhabi, at €176.55. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 22 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Abhā to Abu Dhabi?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Abhā to Abu Dhabi, at €122.27 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Abhā to Abu Dhabi?

4 operators sell services from Abhā to Abu Dhabi across 1 mode: Etihad Airways, Etihad Rail, flyadeal, Flydubai. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Abhā to Abu Dhabi?

0 percent of the services we sell from Abhā to Abu Dhabi are direct. The rest connect at Dammam, Dubai, Riyadh, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Abhā to Abu Dhabi use?

Services from Abhā to Abu Dhabi by flight leave from Abha International Airport AHB and arrive at Abu Dhabi station. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Abhā to Abu Dhabi?

1 of the 4 operators we sell from Abhā to Abu Dhabi allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Abhā to Abu Dhabi on 22 September 2026: 1697 km of route against 1412 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €141.74, and 6h 14m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Abu Dhabi is somebody else's catalogue.

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The two ends, compared

Abhā reaches 12 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 454 to 4,989 km. Abu Dhabi reaches 181 places in 75 countries, from 94 to 14,240 km.

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  • 6Countries
  • 8Operators

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  • 75Countries
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