Kálymnos to Sými runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 14:25 and the last around 14:25. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 27m over 93 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€11.88
- 37%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kálymnos
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for 21 September 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 14:25First departure
- 14:25Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Departures on 28 September 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
22:5002:253h 35m
16357ATTICA BLUE STAR FERRIESDirect
Κάλυμνος → Symi
Calls at Κως 23:40
ATTICA BLUE STAR FERRIES timetable22:4004:305h 50m
16358ATTICA BLUE STAR FERRIESDirect
Κάλυμνος → Symi
Calls at Κως 23:30 · Nisyros 01:15 · Λιμάνι Τήλου 02:35
ATTICA BLUE STAR FERRIES timetable
Sailings on 21 September 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
14:2516:302h 5m
DODEKANISOS SEAWAYSVessel DODEKANISOS EXPRESSDirect
KALYMNOS → SYMI
from €39.00
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €39.00 to €39.00 on 21 September 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Dodekanisos Seaways runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this journey
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
21 September 2026
€39.00
DODEKANISOS SEAWAYS
This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.
The ferry gets you into Sými. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Sými for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Kálymnos to Sými
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €14.097 days
- €16.293 days
- €16.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 37 percent. The dearest point is €16.29, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Kálymnos to Sými and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
01:50 → 06:17
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
93 km
85 km as the crow flies, 9% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
12,324 → 2,354
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
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
- 40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 93 km against 85 km in a straight line, a detour of 9 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kos, Rhodes, Pátmos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 63 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
Who runs this route
Sými is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near SYMI
Most of the points near SYMI open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Kálymnos to Sými
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 Kálymnos to Sými?
The fastest journey from Kálymnos to Sými takes 4h 27m door to door, of which 3h 5m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 4h 39m, 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 Kálymnos to Sými?
The cheapest fare from Kálymnos to Sými is €11.88, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. 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 Kálymnos to Sými?
The cheapest way from Kálymnos to Sými is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on 21 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 35m 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 Kálymnos to Sými?
Fares from Kálymnos to Sými bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 37 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 Kálymnos to Sými?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Kálymnos to Sými, at €11.88. 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 Kálymnos to Sými?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kálymnos to Sými, at €11.88 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 Kálymnos to Sými?
2 operators sell services from Kálymnos to Sými across 1 mode: Dodekanisos Seaways, SAOS Ferries. 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 Kálymnos to Sými?
40 percent of the services we sell from Kálymnos to Sými are direct. The rest connect at Kos, Rhodes, Pátmos, with about 63 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 Kálymnos to Sými use?
Services from Kálymnos to Sými by ferry leave from KALYMNOS and arrive at SYMI. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Kálymnos to Sými?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Kálymnos to Sými 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 Kálymnos to Sými on 13 September 2026: 93 km of route against 85 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 4h 27m 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 Sými a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Sými and across Greece
Day trips that leave Sými in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kálymnos reaches 6 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 28 to 315 km. Sými reaches 6 places in 1 countries, from 40 to 399 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kálymnos
- 6Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators
Arriving in Sými
Leaving Sými
- 6Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 4Operators