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Istanbul to Dortmund

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Istanbul to Dortmund. From €177.73, fastest 6h 11m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Istanbul to Dortmund runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:10 and the last around 14:23. One passenger pays between €180.09 and €203.10, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 11m over 2,071 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 13 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€180.09 to €203.10

  • 168%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Istanbul

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.

  • 06:10First departure
  • 14:23Last departure
  • 6Services per day
  • 33%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €378.92Mon14
  2. about €334.08Tue15
  3. about €327.00Wed16
  4. about €367.71Thu17
  5. about €362.40Fri18
  6. about €331.72Sat19
  7. about €315.20Sun20
  8. about €224.93Mon21
  9. about €203.10Tue22
  10. about €240.27Wed23
  11. about €286.88Thu24
  12. about €268.00Fri25
  13. about €276.26Sat26
  14. about €251.48Sun27
  15. about €180.09Mon28
  16. about €177.73Tue29
  17. about €183.63Wed30
  18. about €219.03Thu1
  19. about €236.14Fri2
  20. about €217.26Sat3
  21. about €230.83Sun4

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

A hotel room

A room in Dortmund for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Istanbul to Dortmund

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

  1. €216.6790 days
  2. €189.5360 days
  3. €141.1545 days
  4. €143.5130 days
  5. €230.8321 days
  6. €251.4814 days
  7. €315.207 days
  8. €327.003 days
  9. €378.921 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €141.15.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 168 percent. The dearest point is €378.92, 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.
€378.92€141.151371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Istanbul to Dortmund 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

2,071 km

2,010 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

15,701,602588,462

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

IstanbulIstanbulDortmundDortmund
The journey

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
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,071 km against 2,010 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Craiova, Vienna, Bratislava, Timişoara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 DTM into Dortmund 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 Dortmund

Settled in advance, so the ride into Dortmund 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 Dortmund Hauptbahnhof

Most of the points near Dortmund Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Istanbul to Dortmund

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 Istanbul to Dortmund?

The fastest journey from Istanbul to Dortmund takes 6h 11m door to door, of which 3h 2m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 22m, 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 Istanbul to Dortmund?

The cheapest fare from Istanbul to Dortmund is €177.73, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €287.18. 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 Istanbul to Dortmund?

The cheapest way from Istanbul to Dortmund is by flight, at €203.10 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 6h 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.

When should I book Istanbul to Dortmund?

Fares from Istanbul to Dortmund bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €141.15. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 168 percent, measured on 13 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Istanbul to Dortmund?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Istanbul to Dortmund, at €203.10. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 13 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Istanbul to Dortmund?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Istanbul to Dortmund, at €131.12 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 Istanbul to Dortmund?

1 operators sell services from Istanbul to Dortmund across 1 mode: Pegasus Airlines. 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 Istanbul to Dortmund?

33 percent of the services we sell from Istanbul to Dortmund are direct. The rest connect at Craiova, Vienna, Bratislava, Timişoara, with about 46 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 Istanbul to Dortmund use?

Services from Istanbul to Dortmund by flight leave from Istanbul SAW and arrive at Dortmund DTM. 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 Istanbul to Dortmund?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Istanbul to Dortmund 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 Istanbul to Dortmund on 13 September 2026: 2071 km of route against 2010 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €177.73, and 6h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Dortmund is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Dortmund and across Germany

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

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The two ends, compared

Istanbul reaches 343 places in 119 countries on services we hold, over distances from 19 to 11,424 km. Dortmund reaches 133 places in 31 countries, from 42 to 3,092 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Istanbul

  • 343Places you can leave for
  • 119Countries
  • 105Operators

Arriving in Dortmund

Leaving Dortmund

  • 133Places you can leave for
  • 31Countries
  • 30Operators

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