Gdansk to Krakow runs about 18 times a day, with the first departure around 06:31 and the last around 20:02. One passenger pays between €22.73 and €62.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 3m over 489 km, on services run by 6 operators across 3 modes.
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
€22.73 to €62.49
- 176%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Gdansk
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.
- 06:31First departure
- 20:02Last departure
- 18Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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Buying this journey
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Gdansk to Krakow 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 €44.73Tue15
- about €42.53Wed16
- about €53.53Thu17
- about €40.33Fri18
- about €39.78Sat19
- about €37.03Sun20
- about €34.83Mon21
- about €27.68Tue22
- about €30.98Wed23
- about €34.28Thu24
- about €37.58Fri25
- about €33.18Sat26
- about €32.08Sun27
- about €28.23Mon28
- about €27.13Tue29
- about €25.48Wed30
- about €30.43Thu1
- about €25.48Fri2
- about €26.58Sat3
- about €24.38Sun4
- about €22.73Mon5
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 Krakow. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Krakow for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Gdansk to Krakow
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €26.0390 days
- €21.0860 days
- €24.3845 days
- €19.4330 days
- €22.7321 days
- €28.2314 days
- €34.837 days
- €53.533 days
- €44.731 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €19.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 176 percent. The dearest point is €53.53, 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 Gdansk to Krakow 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
489 km
485 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
487,371 → 816,614
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 489 km against 485 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from KRK into Krakow is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Krakow
Settled in advance, so the ride into Krakow 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 Krakow Glowny
Most of the points near Krakow Glowny open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Gdansk to Krakow
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 Gdansk to Krakow?
The fastest journey from Gdansk to Krakow takes 4h 3m door to door, of which 3h 19m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 54m, 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 Gdansk to Krakow?
The cheapest fare from Gdansk to Krakow is €22.73, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €75.14. 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 Gdansk to Krakow?
The cheapest way from Gdansk to Krakow is by coach, at €27.68 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 7h 21m 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 Gdansk to Krakow?
The fastest way from Gdansk to Krakow is by train, at 4h 3m door to door. Only 3h 19m 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 €62.49.
When should I book Gdansk to Krakow?
Fares from Gdansk to Krakow bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €19.43. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 176 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 Gdansk to Krakow?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Gdansk to Krakow, at €27.68. 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 Gdansk to Krakow?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Gdansk to Krakow, at €18.88 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 Gdansk to Krakow?
6 operators sell services from Gdansk to Krakow across 3 modes: FlixBus, LOT Polish Airlines, PKP, Polish Trains, Polregio, Ryanair. 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 Gdansk to Krakow?
Every service we sell from Gdansk to Krakow is direct, with around 32 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 3m 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 Gdansk to Krakow produce?
Travelling from Gdansk to Krakow by coach produces about 13.1 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 123.0 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Gdansk to Krakow use?
Services from Gdansk to Krakow by train leave from Gdansk Glowny and arrive at Krakow Glowny. 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 Gdansk to Krakow?
4 of the 6 operators we sell from Gdansk to Krakow 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 Gdansk to Krakow on 14 September 2026: 489 km of route against 485 km in a straight line, 32 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €22.73, and 4h 3m 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 Krakow a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Krakow and across Poland
Day trips that leave Krakow in the morning and cover a good part of Poland by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Gdansk reaches 156 places in 33 countries on services we hold, over distances from 44 to 4,019 km. Krakow reaches 213 places in 43 countries, from 50 to 7,613 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Gdansk
- 156Places you can leave for
- 33Countries
- 32Operators
Arriving in Krakow
Leaving Krakow
- 213Places you can leave for
- 43Countries
- 56Operators