Wawel in Kraków, Poland

Bonn to Krakow

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Bonn to Krakow. From £69.55, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays £69.55, every fee included. Services cover 1,026 km and are run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 21 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £69.55, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 21 October 2026

£69.55

  • 158%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

  1. about £151.55Wed7
  2. about £174.63Thu8
  3. about £143.54Fri9
  4. about £141.66Sat10
  5. about £124.22Sun11
  6. about £104.89Mon12
  7. about £97.35Tue13
  8. about £94.54Wed14
  9. about £128.93Thu15
  10. about £92.18Fri16
  11. about £95.95Sat17
  12. about £95.94Sun18
  13. about £100.18Mon19
  14. about £92.18Tue20
  15. about £69.55Wed21
  16. about £105.37Thu22
  17. about £96.42Fri23
  18. about £88.88Sat24
  19. about £82.29Sun25
  20. about £76.15Mon26
  21. about £80.87Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The train gets you into Krakow. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Krakow for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Krakow Glowny and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Bonn to Krakow

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

  1. £58.7190 days
  2. £84.6360 days
  3. £70.9645 days
  4. £71.9230 days
  5. £80.8721 days
  6. £92.1814 days
  7. £97.357 days
  8. £143.543 days
  9. £151.551 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £58.71.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 158 percent. The dearest point is £151.55, 1 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.
£151.55£58.71137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Bonn to Krakow 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

1,026 km

912 km as the crow flies, 13% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

330,579 → 816,614

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

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 1,026 km against 912 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 Dortmund, Düsseldorf. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 14 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 KRK into Krakow is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Krakow

Settled in advance, so the ride into Krakow costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Krakow Glowny

Most of the points near Krakow Glowny open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Bonn to Krakow

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 Bonn to Krakow?

Bonn to Krakow covers 1,026 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 Bonn to Krakow?

The cheapest fare from Bonn to Krakow is £69.55, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £106.31. 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 Bonn to Krakow?

The cheapest way from Bonn to Krakow is by train, at £69.55 for one passenger on 21 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Bonn to Krakow?

Fares from Bonn to Krakow bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £58.71. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 158 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 Bonn to Krakow?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bonn to Krakow, 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 Bonn to Krakow?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bonn to Krakow, at £56.83 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 Bonn to Krakow?

4 operators sell services from Bonn to Krakow across 1 mode: CFL, DB Fernverkehr, Eurowings, Ryanair. 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 Bonn to Krakow?

0 percent of the services we sell from Bonn to Krakow are direct. The rest connect at Dortmund, Düsseldorf, 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 Bonn to Krakow use?

Services from Bonn to Krakow by train leave from Bonn Hbf and arrive at Kraków John Paul II International Airport KRK. 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.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Bonn to Krakow?

2 of the 4 operators we sell from Bonn to Krakow 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 Krakow a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Krakow and across Poland

Day trips that leave Krakow in the morning and cover a good part of Poland by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Bonn reaches 35 places in 13 countries on services we hold, over distances from 24 to 2,221 km. Krakow reaches 80 places in 30 countries, from 52 to 9,534 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Bonn

  • 35Places you can leave for
  • 13Countries
  • 19Operators

Arriving in Krakow

Leaving Krakow

  • 80Places you can leave for
  • 30Countries
  • 47Operators

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