Abu Dhabi to Medina runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:36 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €137.61 and €158.26, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 31m over 1,540 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€137.61 to €158.26
- 155%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Abu Dhabi
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:36First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €271.54Tue15
- about €247.35Wed16
- about €318.74Thu17
- about €230.83Fri18
- about €279.80Sat19
- about €231.42Sun20
- about €223.16Mon21
- about €158.26Tue22
- about €158.26Wed23
- about €220.21Thu24
- about €217.85Fri25
- about €231.42Sat26
- about €187.76Sun27
- about €181.86Mon28
- about €144.69Tue29
- about €162.98Wed30
- about €173.60Thu1
- about €169.47Fri2
- about €181.27Sat3
- about €141.15Sun4
- about €125.22Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Medina. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Medina for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Madinah Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Abu Dhabi to Medina
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €150.5990 days
- €134.0760 days
- €173.0145 days
- €130.5330 days
- €125.2221 days
- €181.8614 days
- €223.167 days
- €318.743 days
- €271.541 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €125.22.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 155 percent. The dearest point is €318.74, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Abu Dhabi to Medina and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
1,540 km
1,496 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
1,807,000 → 1,300,000
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,540 km against 1,496 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Riyadh, Dammam, Manama, Doha. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
Medina is large, and the road in from MED can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Medina
Settled in advance, so the ride into Medina 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 near Madinah Station
Most of the points near Madinah Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
Check Medina on StasherOr try Bounce
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Questions about Abu Dhabi to Medina
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 Abu Dhabi to Medina?
The fastest journey from Abu Dhabi to Medina takes 5h 31m door to door, of which 2h 26m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 38m, 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 Abu Dhabi to Medina?
The cheapest fare from Abu Dhabi to Medina is €125.22, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €230.83. 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 Abu Dhabi to Medina?
The cheapest way from Abu Dhabi to Medina is by flight, at €158.26 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 36m 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 Abu Dhabi to Medina?
Fares from Abu Dhabi to Medina bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €125.22. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 155 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Abu Dhabi to Medina?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Abu Dhabi to Medina, at €158.26. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Abu Dhabi to Medina?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Abu Dhabi to Medina, at €103.98 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 Abu Dhabi to Medina?
1 operators sell services from Abu Dhabi to Medina across 1 mode: Etihad Airways. 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 Abu Dhabi to Medina?
20 percent of the services we sell from Abu Dhabi to Medina are direct. The rest connect at Riyadh, Dammam, Manama, Doha, with about 50 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 Abu Dhabi to Medina use?
Services from Abu Dhabi to Medina by flight leave from Abu Dhabi AZI and arrive at Madinah MED. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Abu Dhabi to Medina?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Abu Dhabi to Medina 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 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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Abu Dhabi to Medina on 14 September 2026: 1540 km of route against 1496 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €125.22, and 5h 31m 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 Medina is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Medina and across Saudi Arabia
Day trips that leave Medina in the morning and cover a good part of Saudi Arabia by evening.
See Medina on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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The two ends, compared
Abu Dhabi reaches 161 places in 71 countries on services we hold, over distances from 94 to 13,464 km. Medina reaches 46 places in 26 countries, from 334 to 8,662 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Abu Dhabi
- 161Places you can leave for
- 71Countries
- 40Operators
Arriving in Medina
Leaving Medina
- 46Places you can leave for
- 26Countries
- 36Operators