Cleveland to Des Moines runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:37 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €45.83 and €50.23, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 15h 30m over 1,139 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
€45.83 to €50.23
- 134%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Cleveland
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.
- 06:37First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Cleveland to Des Moines on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €104.68Tue15
- about €103.03Wed16
- about €107.43Thu17
- about €90.93Fri18
- about €111.28Sat19
- about €90.93Sun20
- about €63.43Mon21
- about €74.98Tue22
- about €62.88Wed23
- about €76.08Thu24
- about €72.23Fri25
- about €99.18Sat26
- about €70.03Sun27
- about €50.23Mon28
- about €61.23Tue29
- about €55.73Wed30
- about €65.08Thu1
- about €56.28Fri2
- about €62.33Sat3
- about €57.93Sun4
- about €45.83Mon5
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 coach gets you into Des Moines. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Des Moines for the night the coach gets in
Sort by distance from Des Moines Union Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Cleveland to Des Moines
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €72.2390 days
- €50.7860 days
- €66.1845 days
- €54.6330 days
- €45.8321 days
- €50.2314 days
- €63.437 days
- €107.433 days
- €104.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €45.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 134 percent. The dearest point is €107.43, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Cleveland to Des Moines 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
1,139 km
991 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
365,379 → 214,133
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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 1,139 km against 991 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Naperville, Joliet, Toledo, Chicago. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Des Moines Union Station
Most of the points near Des Moines Union Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Cleveland to Des Moines
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 Cleveland to Des Moines?
The fastest journey from Cleveland to Des Moines takes 15h 30m door to door, of which 15h 21m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 16h 36m, 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 Cleveland to Des Moines?
The cheapest fare from Cleveland to Des Moines is €45.83, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €73.33. 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 Cleveland to Des Moines?
The cheapest way from Cleveland to Des Moines is by coach, at €50.23 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 16h 5m 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 Cleveland to Des Moines?
Fares from Cleveland to Des Moines bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €45.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 134 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Cleveland to Des Moines?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Cleveland to Des Moines, at €50.23. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Cleveland to Des Moines?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Cleveland to Des Moines, at €46.93 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 Cleveland to Des Moines?
1 operators sell services from Cleveland to Des Moines across 1 mode: PARTA. 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 Cleveland to Des Moines?
20 percent of the services we sell from Cleveland to Des Moines are direct. The rest connect at Naperville, Joliet, Toledo, Chicago, with about 50 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 Cleveland to Des Moines use?
Services from Cleveland to Des Moines by coach leave from Cleveland Greyhound Station and arrive at DART Central Station. Allow about 44m 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 Cleveland to Des Moines?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Cleveland to Des Moines 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Cleveland to Des Moines on 14 September 2026: 1139 km of route against 991 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €45.83, and 15h 30m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Des Moines is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Des Moines and across United States
Day trips that leave Des Moines in the morning and cover a good part of United States by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Cleveland reaches 89 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 5,551 km. Des Moines reaches 56 places in 1 countries, from 169 to 2,476 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Cleveland
- 89Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 26Operators
Arriving in Des Moines
Leaving Des Moines
- 56Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 17Operators