Athens to Chios runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:10 and the last around 14:54. One passenger pays between €15.19 and €17.94, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 28m over 236 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€15.19 to €17.94
- 146%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Athens
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.
- 06:10First departure
- 14:54Last departure
- 8Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Departures on 28 September 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
16:1701:158h 58m
1229Hellenic Train1 change
Αθήνα → Λιμάνι Χίου
Hellenic Train timetable16:1701:158h 58m
1229Hellenic Train1 change
Αθήνα → Λιμάνι Χίου
Hellenic Train timetable
Blue Star runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €30.59Mon14
- about €26.74Tue15
- about €28.39Wed16
- about €34.98Thu17
- about €26.19Fri18
- about €32.24Sat19
- about €28.39Sun20
- about €19.04Mon21
- about €17.94Tue22
- about €19.04Wed23
- about €25.64Thu24
- about €21.24Fri25
- about €22.34Sat26
- about €20.69Sun27
- about €17.94Mon28
- about €15.19Tue29
- about €16.84Wed30
- about €20.69Thu1
- about €18.49Fri2
- about €17.39Sat3
- about €16.84Sun4
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 ferry gets you into Chios. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Chios for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Interurban KTEL Chios and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Athens to Chios
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €22.8990 days
- €16.8460 days
- €15.1945 days
- €12.4430 days
- €16.8421 days
- €20.6914 days
- €28.397 days
- €28.393 days
- €30.591 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €12.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 146 percent. The dearest point is €30.59, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Athens to Chios and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
19:17 → 03:45
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
236 km
215 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
664,046 → 23,953
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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 236 km against 215 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 Vathí, Oinoússes, Psará, Mykonos. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
Chios is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Interurban KTEL Chios
Most of the points near Interurban KTEL Chios open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Athens to Chios
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 Athens to Chios?
The fastest journey from Athens to Chios takes 8h 28m door to door, of which 7h 3m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 9h 1m, 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 Athens to Chios?
The cheapest fare from Athens to Chios is €15.19, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €23.99. 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 Athens to Chios?
The cheapest way from Athens to Chios is by ferry, at €17.94 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 8h 33m 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 Athens to Chios?
Fares from Athens to Chios bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €12.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 146 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Athens to Chios?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Athens to Chios, at €17.94. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Athens to Chios?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Athens to Chios, at €11.89 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 Athens to Chios?
2 operators sell services from Athens to Chios across 1 mode: Blue Star, Hellenic Seaways. 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 Athens to Chios?
50 percent of the services we sell from Athens to Chios are direct. The rest connect at Vathí, Oinoússes, Psará, Mykonos, with about 69 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 Athens to Chios use?
Services from Athens to Chios by ferry leave from ATHENS (ALL PORTS) and arrive at CHIOS. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Athens to Chios?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Athens to Chios 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 Athens to Chios on 13 September 2026: 236 km of route against 215 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €15.19, and 8h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Chios a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Chios and across Greece
Day trips that leave Chios in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Athens reaches 159 places in 48 countries on services we hold, over distances from 37 to 9,125 km. Chios reaches 13 places in 2 countries, from 15 to 479 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Athens
- 159Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 96Operators
Arriving in Chios
Leaving Chios
- 13Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 9Operators