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Düsseldorf to Barcelona

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Düsseldorf to Barcelona. From €49.13, fastest 5h 4m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Düsseldorf to Barcelona runs about 28 times a day, with the first departure around 06:11 and the last around 20:26. One passenger pays between €49.13 and €145.54, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 4m over 1,169 km, on services run by 6 operators across 3 modes.

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 6 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€49.13 to €145.54

  • 143%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Düsseldorf

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.

  • 06:11First departure
  • 20:26Last departure
  • 28Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

SNCF runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Trainline lists departures for Düsseldorf to Barcelona on your date, and you pay on their side.

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BlaBlaCar runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.

Buying this journey

Trainline lists departures for Düsseldorf to Barcelona 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

  1. about €101.93Mon14
  2. about €88.18Tue15
  3. about €95.88Wed16
  4. about €96.43Thu17
  5. about €89.28Fri18
  6. about €89.83Sat19
  7. about €84.33Sun20
  8. about €61.78Mon21
  9. about €60.68Tue22
  10. about €64.53Wed23
  11. about €76.63Thu24
  12. about €70.58Fri25
  13. about €73.88Sat26
  14. about €72.78Sun27
  15. about €50.78Mon28
  16. about €49.13Tue29
  17. about €54.63Wed30
  18. about €62.33Thu1
  19. about €56.83Fri2
  20. about €63.43Sat3
  21. about €53.53Sun4

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 Barcelona. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Barcelona for the night the flight gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Düsseldorf to Barcelona

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

  1. €60.6890 days
  2. €49.1360 days
  3. €41.9845 days
  4. €44.1830 days
  5. €53.5321 days
  6. €72.7814 days
  7. €84.337 days
  8. €95.883 days
  9. €101.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €41.98.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 143 percent. The dearest point is €101.93, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€101.93€41.981371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Düsseldorf to Barcelona 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

1,169 km

1,149 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

618,6851,686,208

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

How we know

2/6

4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

DüsseldorfDüsseldorfBarcelonaBarcelona
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 1,169 km against 1,149 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Barcelona is large, and the road in from BCN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Barcelona

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

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

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 Barcelona Sants

Most of the points near Barcelona Sants open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Düsseldorf to Barcelona

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 Düsseldorf to Barcelona?

The fastest journey from Düsseldorf to Barcelona takes 5h 4m door to door, of which 1h 55m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 24m, 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 Düsseldorf to Barcelona?

The cheapest fare from Düsseldorf to Barcelona is €49.13, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €158.26. 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 Düsseldorf to Barcelona?

The cheapest way from Düsseldorf to Barcelona is by coach, at €60.68 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 15h 46m 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.

What is the fastest way to get from Düsseldorf to Barcelona?

The fastest way from Düsseldorf to Barcelona is by flight, at 5h 5m door to door. Only 1h 55m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €120.50.

When should I book Düsseldorf to Barcelona?

Fares from Düsseldorf to Barcelona bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €41.98. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 143 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 Düsseldorf to Barcelona?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Düsseldorf to Barcelona, at €60.68. 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 Düsseldorf to Barcelona?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Düsseldorf to Barcelona, at €38.68 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 Düsseldorf to Barcelona?

6 operators sell services from Düsseldorf to Barcelona across 3 modes: BlaBlaCar, Eurowings, Lufthansa, SNCF, TUIfly, Vueling 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 Düsseldorf to Barcelona?

Every service we sell from Düsseldorf to Barcelona is direct, with around 48 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 4m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

How much CO2 does the journey from Düsseldorf to Barcelona produce?

Travelling from Düsseldorf to Barcelona by coach produces about 31.0 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 291.3 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Düsseldorf to Barcelona use?

Services from Düsseldorf to Barcelona by flight leave from Düsseldorf DUS and arrive at Barcelona REU. 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 Düsseldorf to Barcelona?

2 of the 6 operators we sell from Düsseldorf to Barcelona 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 Düsseldorf to Barcelona on 13 September 2026: 1169 km of route against 1149 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €49.13, and 5h 4m 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 Barcelona 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 Barcelona and across Spain

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

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The two ends, compared

Düsseldorf reaches 250 places in 58 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 9,315 km. Barcelona reaches 296 places in 61 countries, from 82 to 11,157 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Düsseldorf

  • 250Places you can leave for
  • 58Countries
  • 110Operators

Arriving in Barcelona

Leaving Barcelona

  • 296Places you can leave for
  • 61Countries
  • 117Operators

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