One passenger pays £82.29, every fee included. Services cover 907 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £82.29, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 25 October 2026
£82.29
- 207%Moves across the booking window
Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £163.80Wed7
- about £199.61Thu8
- about £199.13Fri9
- about £173.22Sat10
- about £163.33Sun11
- about £105.84Mon12
- about £135.53Tue13
- about £94.54Wed14
- about £135.05Thu15
- about £112.91Fri16
- about £109.14Sat17
- about £124.22Sun18
- about £95.95Mon19
- about £92.18Tue20
- about £97.83Wed21
- about £109.62Thu22
- about £93.12Fri23
- about £87.93Sat24
- about £82.29Sun25
- about £98.77Mon26
- about £90.76Tue27
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Cadiz. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A room in Cadiz for the night the train gets in
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When to book Bilbao to Cadiz
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £64.8490 days
- £105.3760 days
- £86.0545 days
- £87.9330 days
- £90.7621 days
- £92.1814 days
- £135.537 days
- £199.133 days
- £163.801 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £64.84.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 207 percent. The dearest point is £199.13, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 Bilbao to Cadiz and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
907 km
802 km as the crow flies, 13% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
347,342 → 116,979
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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 907 km against 802 km in a straight line, a detour of 13 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Málaga. The gap between arriving and leaving is 104 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 9 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.
Who runs this route
Cadiz is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage near Cádiz railway station
Most of the points near Cádiz railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Bilbao to Cadiz
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 Bilbao to Cadiz?
Bilbao to Cadiz covers 907 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.
How much does it cost to travel from Bilbao to Cadiz?
The cheapest fare from Bilbao to Cadiz is £82.29, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £109.14. 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 Bilbao to Cadiz?
The cheapest way from Bilbao to Cadiz is by train, at £82.29 for one passenger on 25 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Bilbao to Cadiz?
Fares from Bilbao to Cadiz bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £64.84. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 207 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bilbao to Cadiz?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bilbao to Cadiz, at £92.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bilbao to Cadiz?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bilbao to Cadiz, at £63.90 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 Bilbao to Cadiz?
2 operators sell services from Bilbao to Cadiz across 1 mode: Baleària, Renfe. 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 Bilbao to Cadiz?
0 percent of the services we sell from Bilbao to Cadiz are direct. The rest connect at Málaga, with about 104 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 Bilbao to Cadiz use?
Services from Bilbao to Cadiz by train leave from Madrid-Aeropuerto T4 and arrive at CADIZ. Allow about 1h 7m 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 Bilbao to Cadiz?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Bilbao to Cadiz allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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
Being on the water gives Cadiz a set of days out that do not start at a station.

Day trips out of Cadiz and across Spain
Day trips that leave Cadiz in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Bilbao reaches 57 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 75 to 6,499 km. Cadiz reaches 18 places in 3 countries, from 84 to 1,736 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bilbao
- 57Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 28Operators
Arriving in Cadiz
Leaving Cadiz
- 18Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 2Operators
