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Cleveland to Washington D.C.

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Cleveland to Washington D.C.. From €46.75, fastest 4h 13m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Cleveland to Washington D.C. runs about 24 times a day, with the first departure around 06:12 and the last around 19:59. One passenger pays between €46.75 and €55.01, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 13m over 505 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€46.75 to €55.01

  • 136%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.

  • 06:12First departure
  • 19:59Last departure
  • 24Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €92.18Mon14
  2. about €78.61Tue15
  3. about €84.51Wed16
  4. about €87.46Thu17
  5. about €84.51Fri18
  6. about €83.92Sat19
  7. about €77.43Sun20
  8. about €55.60Mon21
  9. about €55.01Tue22
  10. about €59.14Wed23
  11. about €73.89Thu24
  12. about €66.81Fri25
  13. about €67.40Sat26
  14. about €63.27Sun27
  15. about €49.11Mon28
  16. about €46.75Tue29
  17. about €49.70Wed30
  18. about €58.55Thu1
  19. about €53.83Fri2
  20. about €55.60Sat3
  21. about €50.88Sun4

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 Washington D.C.. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Washington D.C. for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Washington Union Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Cleveland to Washington D.C.

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

  1. €55.6090 days
  2. €47.9360 days
  3. €43.2145 days
  4. €39.0830 days
  5. €50.8821 days
  6. €63.2714 days
  7. €77.437 days
  8. €84.513 days
  9. €92.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €39.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 136 percent. The dearest point is €92.18, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€92.18€39.081371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Cleveland to Washington D.C. 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

505 km

490 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

365,379689,545

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

ClevelandClevelandWashingtonWashington
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 505 km against 490 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Washington Union Station

Most of the points near Washington Union Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Cleveland to Washington D.C.

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 Washington D.C.?

The fastest journey from Cleveland to Washington D.C. takes 4h 13m door to door, of which 1h 3m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 16m, 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 Washington D.C.?

The cheapest fare from Cleveland to Washington D.C. is €46.75, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €76.25. 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 Washington D.C.?

The cheapest way from Cleveland to Washington D.C. is by flight, at €55.01 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 13m 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 Washington D.C.?

Fares from Cleveland to Washington D.C. bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €39.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 136 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 Cleveland to Washington D.C.?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Cleveland to Washington D.C., at €55.01. 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 Cleveland to Washington D.C.?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Cleveland to Washington D.C., at €39.08 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 Washington D.C.?

4 operators sell services from Cleveland to Washington D.C. across 1 mode: ExpressJet, Mesa Airlines, PSA Airlines, United Airlines. 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 Washington D.C.?

Every service we sell from Cleveland to Washington D.C. is direct, with around 24 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 13m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Cleveland to Washington D.C. use?

Services from Cleveland to Washington D.C. by flight leave from Cleveland CLE and arrive at Washington IAD. 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 Cleveland to Washington D.C.?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Cleveland to Washington D.C. 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 Cleveland to Washington D.C. on 13 September 2026: 505 km of route against 490 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €46.75, and 4h 13m 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 Washington D.C. a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Washington D.C. and across United States

Day trips that leave Washington D.C. 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. Washington D.C. reaches 211 places in 47 countries, from 41 to 13,113 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Cleveland

  • 89Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 26Operators

Arriving in Washington D.C.

Leaving Washington D.C.

  • 211Places you can leave for
  • 47Countries
  • 65Operators

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