Düsseldorf to Hamburg runs about 18 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 19:47. One passenger pays between €16.13 and €40.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 4m over 340 km, on services run by 8 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 8 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€16.13 to €40.49
- 110%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.
- 06:18First departure
- 19:47Last departure
- 18Services per day
- 100%Run direct
DB Fernverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Düsseldorf to Hamburg 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 €28.78Tue15
- about €30.43Wed16
- about €31.53Thu17
- about €30.43Fri18
- about €28.78Sat19
- about €28.23Sun20
- about €19.98Mon21
- about €19.98Tue22
- about €21.08Wed23
- about €26.03Thu24
- about €23.28Fri25
- about €23.83Sat26
- about €23.28Sun27
- about €16.68Mon28
- about €17.23Tue29
- about €17.23Wed30
- about €20.53Thu1
- about €18.88Fri2
- about €19.43Sat3
- about €17.78Sun4
- about €16.13Mon5
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 Hamburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Hamburg for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Düsseldorf to Hamburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.3390 days
- €16.1360 days
- €17.7845 days
- €15.0330 days
- €16.1321 days
- €16.6814 days
- €19.987 days
- €31.533 days
- €28.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €15.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 110 percent. The dearest point is €31.53, 3 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Düsseldorf to Hamburg 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
340 km
338 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
618,685 → 1,973,896
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
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 340 km against 338 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Hamburg is large, and the road in from HAM can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Hamburg
Settled in advance, so the ride into Hamburg costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Hamburg Hauptbahnhof
Most of the points near Hamburg Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Düsseldorf to Hamburg
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 Hamburg?
The fastest journey from Düsseldorf to Hamburg takes 3h 4m door to door, of which 2h 20m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 20m, 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 Hamburg?
The cheapest fare from Düsseldorf to Hamburg is €16.13, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €44.39. 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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg?
The cheapest way from Düsseldorf to Hamburg is by coach, at €16.68 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 12m 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 Hamburg?
The fastest way from Düsseldorf to Hamburg is by train, at 3h 4m door to door. Only 2h 20m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €40.49.
When should I book Düsseldorf to Hamburg?
Fares from Düsseldorf to Hamburg bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €15.03. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 110 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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Düsseldorf to Hamburg, at €16.68. 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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Düsseldorf to Hamburg, at €13.93 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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg?
8 operators sell services from Düsseldorf to Hamburg across 3 modes: BlaBlaCar, DB Fernverkehr, Eurowings, FlixBus, FlixTrain, Lufthansa. 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 Hamburg?
Every service we sell from Düsseldorf to Hamburg is direct, with around 44 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 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 Hamburg produce?
Travelling from Düsseldorf to Hamburg by coach produces about 9.1 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 85.9 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Düsseldorf to Hamburg use?
Services from Düsseldorf to Hamburg by train leave from Dusseldorf Hauptbahnhof and arrive at Hamburg Hauptbahnhof. 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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg?
6 of the 8 operators we sell from Düsseldorf to Hamburg 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 Hamburg on 14 September 2026: 340 km of route against 338 km in a straight line, 44 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of €16.13, and 3h 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 Hamburg a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Hamburg and across Germany
Day trips that leave Hamburg in the morning and cover a good part of Germany 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. Hamburg reaches 182 places in 50 countries, from 44 to 7,596 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Düsseldorf
- 250Places you can leave for
- 58Countries
- 110Operators
Arriving in Hamburg
Leaving Hamburg
- 182Places you can leave for
- 50Countries
- 82Operators