Bilbao to Funchal runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €143.51 and €190.12, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 46m over 1,748 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
€143.51 to €190.12
- 145%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Bilbao
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.
- 06:27First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €314.02Mon14
- about €272.13Tue15
- about €305.76Wed16
- about €295.73Thu17
- about €272.04Fri18
- about €285.70Sat19
- about €288.65Sun20
- about €187.89Mon21
- about €190.09Tue22
- about €206.59Wed23
- about €260.92Thu24
- about €220.21Fri25
- about €240.86Sat26
- about €198.97Sun27
- about €155.90Mon28
- about €143.51Tue29
- about €174.19Wed30
- about €196.69Thu1
- about €187.89Fri2
- about €190.09Sat3
- about €182.94Sun4
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 Funchal. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A room in Funchal for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Bilbao to Funchal
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €197.2090 days
- €169.1960 days
- €128.1745 days
- €131.1230 days
- €182.9421 days
- €198.9714 days
- €288.657 days
- €305.763 days
- €314.021 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €128.17.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 145 percent. The dearest point is €314.02, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Bilbao to Funchal 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
1,748 km
1,697 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
347,342 → 105,795
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 1,748 km against 1,697 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 Lisbon, Madrid, Porto, Málaga. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from FNC into Funchal is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Funchal
Settled in advance, so the ride into Funchal costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Funchal is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage near Estação Ferroviária do Monte
Most of the points near Estação Ferroviária do Monte open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Bilbao to Funchal
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 Funchal?
The fastest journey from Bilbao to Funchal takes 5h 46m door to door, of which 2h 46m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h, 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 Bilbao to Funchal?
The cheapest fare from Bilbao to Funchal is €143.51, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €254.43. 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 Funchal?
The cheapest way from Bilbao to Funchal is by flight, at €190.12 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 5h 56m 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 Bilbao to Funchal?
Fares from Bilbao to Funchal bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €128.17. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 145 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 Bilbao to Funchal?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Bilbao to Funchal, at €187.89. 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 Bilbao to Funchal?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bilbao to Funchal, at €121.68 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 Funchal?
1 operators sell services from Bilbao to Funchal across 1 mode: Air Nostrum. 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 Funchal?
20 percent of the services we sell from Bilbao to Funchal are direct. The rest connect at Lisbon, Madrid, Porto, Málaga, with about 67 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 Funchal use?
Services from Bilbao to Funchal by flight leave from Bilbao BIO and arrive at Funchal PXO. 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 Bilbao to Funchal?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Bilbao to Funchal 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 Bilbao to Funchal on 13 September 2026: 1748 km of route against 1697 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €143.51, and 5h 46m 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 Funchal a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

Day trips out of Funchal and across Portugal
Day trips that leave Funchal in the morning and cover a good part of Portugal by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Bilbao reaches 148 places in 24 countries on services we hold, over distances from 24 to 3,759 km. Funchal reaches 62 places in 24 countries, from 471 to 5,658 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bilbao
- 148Places you can leave for
- 24Countries
- 45Operators
Arriving in Funchal
Leaving Funchal
- 62Places you can leave for
- 24Countries
- 42Operators
