Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg

The fastest journey from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg takes 4h 44m door to door, of which 1h 42m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 26m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

The cheapest fare from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg is €60.90, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €121.89. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

The cheapest way from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg is by flight, at €60.90 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 47m 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.

The fastest way from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg is by flight, at 4h 47m door to door. Only 1h 42m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 5m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €60.90.

Fares from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €59.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 131 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg, at €60.91. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg, at €53.82 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.

2 operators sell services from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg across 2 modes: CemAir, Shosholoza Meyl. 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.

0 percent of the services we sell from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg are direct. The rest connect at Durban, Johannesburg, Germiston, with about 68 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Travelling from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg by train produces about 28.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 104.3 kg, roughly 4 times as much for one passenger.

Services from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg by flight leave from Bram Fischer International Airport BFN and arrive at Pietermaritzburg railway station. Allow about 1h 57m 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.

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Bloemfontein to Pietermaritzburg 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.