Helsinki to Gothenburg runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €55.34, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 17h 1m over 828 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €55.34, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€55.34
- 132%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Helsinki
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.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 0%Run direct
No sea route
There is no ferry between Helsinki and Gothenburg. Both are ports, and the carriers that sell sailings from each of them connect neither to the other. The land options above are how this journey is actually made.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €94.39Tue15
- about €113.09Wed16
- about €108.14Thu17
- about €97.14Fri18
- about €116.94Sat19
- about €108.14Sun20
- about €74.59Mon21
- about €64.14Tue22
- about €72.94Wed23
- about €101.54Thu24
- about €83.39Fri25
- about €88.89Sat26
- about €88.34Sun27
- about €55.34Mon28
- about €59.74Tue29
- about €63.59Wed30
- about €77.89Thu1
- about €68.54Fri2
- about €72.39Sat3
- about €60.84Sun4
- about €51.49Mon5
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 ferry gets you into Gothenburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Gothenburg for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Helsinki to Gothenburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €76.7990 days
- €56.9960 days
- €58.0945 days
- €46.5430 days
- €51.4921 days
- €55.3414 days
- €74.597 days
- €108.143 days
- €94.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €46.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 132 percent. The dearest point is €108.14, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Helsinki to Gothenburg and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
828 km
791 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
658,864 → 608,462
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
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 828 km against 791 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Stockholm, Åkersberga, Boo, Gustavsberg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
The fare from GOT into Gothenburg is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Gothenburg
Settled in advance, so the ride into Gothenburg costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Goteborg Centralstation
Most of the points near Goteborg Centralstation open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Helsinki to Gothenburg
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 Helsinki to Gothenburg?
The fastest journey from Helsinki to Gothenburg takes 17h 1m door to door, of which 15h 2m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 26h, 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 Helsinki to Gothenburg?
The cheapest fare from Helsinki to Gothenburg is €51.49, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €88.89. 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 Helsinki to Gothenburg?
The cheapest way from Helsinki to Gothenburg is by ferry, at €55.34 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 17h 1m 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 Helsinki to Gothenburg?
Fares from Helsinki to Gothenburg bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €46.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 132 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 Helsinki to Gothenburg?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Helsinki to Gothenburg, at €55.34. 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 Helsinki to Gothenburg?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Helsinki to Gothenburg, at €42.69 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 Helsinki to Gothenburg?
3 operators sell services from Helsinki to Gothenburg across 1 mode: Silja Line, Snälltåget, Strömma Turism & Sjöfart. 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 Helsinki to Gothenburg?
0 percent of the services we sell from Helsinki to Gothenburg are direct. The rest connect at Stockholm, Åkersberga, Boo, Gustavsberg, with about 52 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Helsinki to Gothenburg use?
Services from Helsinki to Gothenburg by ferry leave from HELSINKI and arrive at Goteborg Centralstation. Allow about 1h 7m 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 Helsinki to Gothenburg?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Helsinki to Gothenburg 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 Helsinki to Gothenburg on 14 September 2026: 828 km of route against 791 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €51.49, and 17h 1m 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 Gothenburg a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Gothenburg and across Sweden
Day trips that leave Gothenburg in the morning and cover a good part of Sweden by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Helsinki reaches 29 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 883 km. Gothenburg reaches 143 places in 39 countries, from 58 to 9,055 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Helsinki
- 29Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Gothenburg
Leaving Gothenburg
- 143Places you can leave for
- 39Countries
- 60Operators