Ardabil to Tehran

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Ardabil to Tehran. From €47.93, fastest 4h 6m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Travelling from Ardabil to Tehran costs €47.93 at the cheapest and takes 4h 6m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 409 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked 8 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
409 km
Fastest
4h 6m
Average
4h 9m
Services per day
1
Cheapest
€47.93
CO2 per passenger
100.6 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 29 September 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 9m59m3h 10m€53.24100.6 kg1
  • 4h 9mFastest, by Flight
  • €53.24Cheapest, by Flight
  • 100.6 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 409 kmDistance travelled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€47.93
  1. Mahan Air MA559006:4959m07:48Ardabīl ADUTehran IKA

Door to door 4h 9mCO2 100.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this journey yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Ardabil to Tehran
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Ardabil to TehranWed9 SeptThu10 SeptFri11 SeptSat12 SeptSun13 SeptMon14 SeptTue15 SeptWed16 SeptThu17 SeptFri18 SeptSat19 SeptSun20 SeptMon21 SeptTue22 Sept
Flight€96.31€114.60€108.11€85.10€86.28€76.84€70.35€59.73€59.14€75.07€71.53€62.09€53.83€53.24

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €47.93

Tehran is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Tehran Railway Station

Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Ardabil to Tehran

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

  1. €53.2490 days
  2. €44.3960 days
  3. €47.9345 days
  4. €44.9830 days
  5. €47.9321 days
  6. €53.2414 days
  7. €70.357 days
  8. €108.113 days
  9. €96.311 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €44.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 144 percent. The dearest point is €108.11, 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.
€108.11€44.391371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €62.09Sun
  2. €53.83Mon
  3. €53.24Tue
  4. €59.73Wed
  5. €66.81Thu
  6. €75.07Fri
  7. €71.53Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €70.35Sept
  2. €50.29Oct
  3. €50.88Nov
  4. €45.57Dec
  5. €44.98Jan
  6. €39.67Feb

The route

ArdabīlArdabīlTehranTehran
The journey

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 409 km against 397 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Ardabil at 06:49 and the last at 06:49, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Ardabīl

Coach
  • Ardabil Bus Terminal
Air
  • ADU

Tehran

Rail
  • Tehran Railway Station
  • Ray Railway Station
  • Mehrabad Railway Station
Coach
  • Tehranpars Terminal - BRT 1
  • پایانه آزادی
Air
  • IKA
  • THR

Landing at IKA after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Tehran

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

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Mahan Air€47.934h 6m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Mahan Air
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€33.0069%
Taxes€5.9412%
Supplier fees€7.0015%
Our service fee€1.994%
Total you pay€47.93100%

A day in Tehran carrying a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Tehran

Most of the points near Tehran Railway Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Ardabil to Tehran

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 Ardabil to Tehran?

The fastest journey from Ardabil to Tehran takes 4h 6m door to door, of which 59m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 9m, 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 Ardabil to Tehran?

The cheapest fare from Ardabil to Tehran is €47.93, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €66.22. 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 Ardabil to Tehran?

The cheapest way from Ardabil to Tehran is by Flight, at €53.24 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 9m 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 Ardabil to Tehran?

Fares from Ardabil to Tehran bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €44.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 144 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Ardabil to Tehran?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Ardabil to Tehran, at €53.24. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 29 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Ardabil to Tehran?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Ardabil to Tehran, at €39.67 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 Ardabil to Tehran?

1 operators sell services from Ardabil to Tehran across 1 modes: Mahan Air. 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 Ardabil to Tehran?

Every service we sell from Ardabil to Tehran is direct, with around 1 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 6m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Ardabil to Tehran use?

Services from Ardabil to Tehran by Flight leave from Ardabīl ADU and arrive at Tehran IKA. 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 Ardabil to Tehran?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Ardabil to Tehran 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

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Ardabil to Tehran on 8 September 2026: 409 km of route against 397 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €47.93, and 4h 6m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Tehran and elsewhere in Iran. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Tehran before you go

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Tehran, with free cancellation on most of it.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

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