The City of London skyline as viewed toward the north-west from the top floor viewing platform of London City Hall on the southern side of the Thames. In the foreground: Dixie Queen and Millennium Time at Tower Millennium Pier. This is a 5 segment panoramic image taken by myself with a Canon 5D and 24-105mm f/4L IS lens.

Athens to London

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Athens to London. From €195.43, fastest 6h 40m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Athens to London runs about 64 times a day, with the first departure around 06:02 and the last around 20:54. One passenger pays between €195.43 and €232.60, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 40m over 2,463 km, on services run by 8 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 8 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€195.43 to €232.60

  • 168%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.

  • 06:02First departure
  • 20:54Last departure
  • 64Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €414.91Mon14
  2. about €350.60Tue15
  3. about €373.02Wed16
  4. about €388.36Thu17
  5. about €353.55Fri18
  6. about €367.12Sat19
  7. about €339.98Sun20
  8. about €236.14Mon21
  9. about €232.60Tue22
  10. about €247.94Wed23
  11. about €308.71Thu24
  12. about €285.11Fri25
  13. about €293.37Sat26
  14. about €272.72Sun27
  15. about €198.38Mon28
  16. about €195.43Tue29
  17. about €206.05Wed30
  18. about €247.35Thu1
  19. about €224.93Fri2
  20. about €226.70Sat3
  21. about €212.54Sun4

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 London. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in London for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from London St Pancras International and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Athens to London

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

  1. €236.1490 days
  2. €196.0260 days
  3. €166.5245 days
  4. €154.7230 days
  5. €212.5421 days
  6. €272.7214 days
  7. €339.987 days
  8. €373.023 days
  9. €414.911 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €154.72.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 168 percent. The dearest point is €414.91, 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.
€414.91€154.721371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Athens to London and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

2 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

2,463 km

2,392 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

664,0468,961,989

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

AthensAthensLondonLondon
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 2,463 km against 2,392 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

London is large, and the road in from LGW 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 London

Settled in advance, so the ride into London 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.

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 London St Pancras International

Most of the points near London St Pancras International 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 Athens to London

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 London?

The fastest journey from Athens to London takes 6h 40m door to door, of which 3h 30m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 55m, 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 London?

The cheapest fare from Athens to London is €195.43, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €338.80. 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 Athens to London?

The cheapest way from Athens to London is by flight, at €232.60 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 6h 40m 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 London?

Fares from Athens to London bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €154.72. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 168 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 London?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Athens to London, at €232.60. 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 London?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Athens to London, at €158.26 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 London?

8 operators sell services from Athens to London across 1 mode: Aegean Airlines, British Airways, easyJet, Jet2.com, Ryanair, Sky Express. 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 London?

Every service we sell from Athens to London is direct, with around 64 departures a day and a fastest journey of 6h 40m 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 Athens to London use?

Services from Athens to London by flight leave from Athens ATH and arrive at London LHR. 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 Athens to London?

0 of the 8 operators we sell from Athens to London 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 London on 13 September 2026: 2463 km of route against 2392 km in a straight line, 64 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of €195.43, and 6h 40m 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 London a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of London and across United Kingdom

Day trips that leave London in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom 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. London reaches 520 places in 109 countries, from 17 to 11,718 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Athens

  • 159Places you can leave for
  • 48Countries
  • 96Operators

Arriving in London

Leaving London

  • 520Places you can leave for
  • 109Countries
  • 196Operators

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