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Düsseldorf to Heraklion

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Düsseldorf to Heraklion. From €173.60, fastest 6h 33m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Düsseldorf to Heraklion runs about 48 times a day, with the first departure around 06:02 and the last around 20:39. One passenger pays between €173.60 and €185.99, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 33m over 2,365 km, on services run by 6 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 17 September 2026Priced for 6 October 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 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€173.60 to €185.99

  • 194%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.

  • 06:02First departure
  • 20:39Last departure
  • 48Services 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 €421.40Fri18
  2. about €429.07Sat19
  3. about €326.41Sun20
  4. about €282.75Mon21
  5. about €275.67Tue22
  6. about €295.14Wed23
  7. about €297.50Thu24
  8. about €273.90Fri25
  9. about €282.75Sat26
  10. about €262.10Sun27
  11. about €225.52Mon28
  12. about €223.75Tue29
  13. about €239.09Wed30
  14. about €239.09Thu1
  15. about €213.72Fri2
  16. about €218.44Sat3
  17. about €204.28Sun4
  18. about €175.37Mon5
  19. about €173.60Tue6
  20. about €184.81Wed7
  21. about €234.96Thu8

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

A hotel room

A room in Heraklion for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Police Department 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 Heraklion

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

  1. €195.4390 days
  2. €143.5160 days
  3. €168.2945 days
  4. €194.2530 days
  5. €234.9621 days
  6. €239.0914 days
  7. €297.507 days
  8. €326.413 days
  9. €421.401 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €143.51.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 194 percent. The dearest point is €421.40, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€421.40€143.51137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Düsseldorf to Heraklion and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

2,365 km

2,296 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

618,685137,154

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

DüsseldorfDüsseldorfIrákleionIrákleion
The journey

What the journey 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 2,365 km against 2,296 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

The fare from HER into Heraklion is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Heraklion

Settled in advance, so the ride into Heraklion 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 Police Department

Most of the points near Police Department open before the first train and shut after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Düsseldorf to Heraklion

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 Heraklion?

The fastest journey from Düsseldorf to Heraklion takes 6h 33m door to door, of which 3h 23m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 47m, 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 Heraklion?

The cheapest fare from Düsseldorf to Heraklion is €173.60, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €307.24. 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 Heraklion?

The cheapest way from Düsseldorf to Heraklion is by flight, at €173.60 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 33m 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 Düsseldorf to Heraklion?

Fares from Düsseldorf to Heraklion bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €143.51. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 194 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Düsseldorf to Heraklion?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Düsseldorf to Heraklion, at €223.75. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 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 Heraklion?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Düsseldorf to Heraklion, at €148.23 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 Heraklion?

No operator record names Düsseldorf to Heraklion directly. Aegean Airlines, Condor Flugdienst, Corendon Airlines Europe, Eurowings, Sundair, TUIfly publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Düsseldorf to Heraklion?

Every service we sell from Düsseldorf to Heraklion is direct, with around 48 departures a day and a fastest journey of 6h 33m 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 Düsseldorf to Heraklion use?

Services from Düsseldorf to Heraklion by flight leave from Düsseldorf DUS and arrive at Irákleion HER. 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 Heraklion?

0 of the 6 operators we sell from Düsseldorf to Heraklion 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 Düsseldorf to Heraklion on 17 September 2026: 2365 km of route against 2296 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €173.60, and 6h 33m 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 Heraklion 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 Heraklion and across Greece

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

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Düsseldorf reaches 254 places in 58 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 9,315 km. Heraklion reaches 137 places in 32 countries, from 88 to 3,566 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Düsseldorf

  • 254Places you can leave for
  • 58Countries
  • 109Operators

Arriving in Heraklion

Leaving Heraklion

  • 137Places you can leave for
  • 32Countries
  • 82Operators

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