Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg runs about 35 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 20:24. One passenger pays between €17.78 and €40.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 26m over 397 km, on services run by 10 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 10 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€17.78 to €40.49
- 190%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Frankfurt am Main
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.
- 06:09First departure
- 20:24Last departure
- 35Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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Buying this journey
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €43.63Sun20
- about €32.08Mon21
- about €33.18Tue22
- about €28.23Wed23
- about €34.28Thu24
- about €32.08Fri25
- about €32.63Sat26
- about €26.03Sun27
- about €22.18Mon28
- about €21.63Tue29
- about €23.28Wed30
- about €27.13Thu1
- about €24.38Fri2
- about €26.03Sat3
- about €20.53Sun4
- about €18.33Mon5
- about €17.78Tue6
- about €18.88Wed7
- about €22.73Thu8
- about €21.08Fri9
- about €21.63Sat10
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 Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.6390 days
- €15.5860 days
- €15.0345 days
- €16.6830 days
- €21.6321 days
- €26.0314 days
- €32.637 days
- €33.183 days
- €43.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.03.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 190 percent. The dearest point is €43.63, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Frankfurt am Main 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
397 km
392 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
650,000 → 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
0/6
6 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 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 397 km against 392 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 Frankfurt am Main 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 Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg?
The fastest journey from Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg takes 3h 26m door to door, of which 2h 42m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 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 Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg?
The cheapest fare from Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg is €17.78, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €53.14. 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 Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg?
The cheapest way from Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg is by coach, at €17.78 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 54m 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 Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg?
The fastest way from Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg is by train, at 3h 26m door to door. Only 2h 42m 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 €39.94.
When should I book Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg?
Fares from Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €15.03. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 190 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg, at €21.63. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg, at €15.58 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 Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg?
No operator record names Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg directly. Air New Zealand, BlaBlaCar, Condor Flugdienst, DB Fernverkehr, Eurowings, FlixBus 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 Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg?
Every service we sell from Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg is direct, with around 85 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 26m 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 Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg produce?
Travelling from Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg by coach produces about 10.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 99.4 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg use?
Services from Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg by train leave from Frankfurt 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 Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg?
5 of the 10 operators we sell from Frankfurt am Main 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.
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 Frankfurt am Main to Hamburg on 19 September 2026: 397 km of route against 392 km in a straight line, 85 services a day, 10 operators a cheapest fare of €17.78, and 3h 26m 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
Frankfurt am Main reaches 426 places in 101 countries on services we hold, over distances from 22 to 10,265 km. Hamburg reaches 185 places in 50 countries, from 44 to 7,596 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Frankfurt am Main
- 426Places you can leave for
- 101Countries
- 148Operators
Arriving in Hamburg
Leaving Hamburg
- 185Places you can leave for
- 50Countries
- 82Operators