Derby to Funchal runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:38 and the last around 14:51. One passenger pays between €209.59 and €270.36, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 54m over 2,646 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€209.59 to €270.36
- 170%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Derby
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.
- 06:38First departure
- 14:51Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 80%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €477.19Mon14
- about €377.74Tue15
- about €378.19Wed16
- about €422.74Thu17
- about €380.10Fri18
- about €394.85Sat19
- about €430.25Sun20
- about €273.31Mon21
- about €294.55Tue22
- about €270.36Wed23
- about €344.70Thu24
- about €325.82Fri25
- about €339.98Sat26
- about €298.44Sun27
- about €212.09Mon28
- about €209.59Tue29
- about €217.59Wed30
- about €285.11Thu1
- about €231.89Fri2
- about €274.49Sat3
- about €250.30Sun4
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
Sort by distance from Estação Ferroviária do Monte and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Derby to Funchal
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €258.8490 days
- €233.1960 days
- €178.3245 days
- €176.8930 days
- €250.3021 days
- €298.4414 days
- €430.257 days
- €378.193 days
- €477.191 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €176.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 170 percent. The dearest point is €477.19, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Derby to Funchal 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
2,646 km
2,569 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
270,468 → 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
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,646 km against 2,569 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 Saint Helier, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Derby 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 Derby to Funchal?
The fastest journey from Derby to Funchal takes 6h 54m door to door, of which 3h 58m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 9m, 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 Derby to Funchal?
The cheapest fare from Derby to Funchal is €209.59, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €357.39. 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 Derby to Funchal?
The cheapest way from Derby to Funchal is by flight, at €270.36 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 7h 8m 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 Derby to Funchal?
Fares from Derby to Funchal bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €176.89. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 170 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 Derby to Funchal?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Derby to Funchal, at €270.36. 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 Derby to Funchal?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Derby to Funchal, at €160.94 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 Derby to Funchal?
2 operators sell services from Derby to Funchal across 1 mode: Jet2.com, Thomsonfly. 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 Derby to Funchal?
50 percent of the services we sell from Derby to Funchal are direct. The rest connect at Saint Helier, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, with about 56 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 Derby to Funchal use?
Services from Derby to Funchal by flight leave from Derby EMA and arrive at Funchal FNC. 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 Derby to Funchal?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Derby 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 Derby to Funchal on 13 September 2026: 2646 km of route against 2569 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €209.59, and 6h 54m 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
Derby reaches 145 places in 32 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 9,619 km. Funchal reaches 62 places in 24 countries, from 471 to 5,658 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Derby
- 145Places you can leave for
- 32Countries
- 30Operators
Arriving in Funchal
Leaving Funchal
- 62Places you can leave for
- 24Countries
- 42Operators