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Kochi to Mangaluru

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Kochi to Mangaluru. From €46.16, fastest 4h 54m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Kochi to Mangaluru runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €46.16 and €50.38, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 54m over 396 km, on services run by 3 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€46.16 to €50.38

  • 132%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Kochi

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €102.80Thu24
  2. about €96.90Fri25
  3. about €87.46Sat26
  4. about €82.15Sun27
  5. about €80.97Mon28
  6. about €76.25Tue29
  7. about €61.50Wed30
  8. about €77.43Thu1
  9. about €65.04Fri2
  10. about €72.12Sat3
  11. about €60.91Sun4
  12. about €58.55Mon5
  13. about €49.11Tue6
  14. about €47.34Wed7
  15. about €59.14Thu8
  16. about €57.37Fri9
  17. about €55.01Sat10
  18. about €53.14Sun11
  19. about €51.47Mon12
  20. about €46.16Tue13
  21. about €47.34Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Mangaluru. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Mangaluru for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Mangaluru Junction railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Kochi to Mangaluru

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

  1. €52.5990 days
  2. €44.3460 days
  3. €47.9345 days
  4. €45.4430 days
  5. €47.3421 days
  6. €47.3414 days
  7. €61.507 days
  8. €87.463 days
  9. €102.801 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €44.34.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 132 percent. The dearest point is €102.80, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€102.80€44.34137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Kochi to Mangaluru 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

396 km

365 km as the crow flies, 8% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

633,553499,487

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

The route

IndiaSri LankaArabian SeaBay of BengalChennaiChennaiCoimbatoreCoimbatoreKallakurichiKallakurichiMaduraiMaduraiTirunelveliTirunelveliTheniTheniTiruchirappalliTiruchirappalliMysuruMysuruSalemSalemThiruvananthapuramThiruvananthapuramNelloreNelloreErodeErodeVelloreVelloreDavangereDavangereKollamKollamKadapaKadapaKochiKochiMangaluruMangaluruMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey 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 396 km against 365 km in a straight line, a detour of 8 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Kannur, Kanhangad. The gap between arriving and leaving is 77 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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 IXE into Mangaluru is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Mangaluru

Settled in advance, so the ride into Mangaluru 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 lockers

Left luggage near Mangaluru Junction railway station

Most of the points near Mangaluru Junction railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Kochi to Mangaluru

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 Kochi to Mangaluru?

The fastest journey from Kochi to Mangaluru takes 4h 54m door to door, of which 1h 50m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 14m, 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 Kochi to Mangaluru?

The cheapest fare from Kochi to Mangaluru is €46.16, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €67.07. 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 Kochi to Mangaluru?

The cheapest way from Kochi to Mangaluru is by flight, at €46.16 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 4m 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 Kochi to Mangaluru?

The fastest way from Kochi to Mangaluru is by flight, at 5h 4m door to door. Only 1h 50m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 14m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €46.16.

When should I book Kochi to Mangaluru?

Fares from Kochi to Mangaluru bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €44.34. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 132 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Kochi to Mangaluru?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kochi to Mangaluru, at €47.34. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Kochi to Mangaluru?

December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kochi to Mangaluru, at €44.98 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 Kochi to Mangaluru?

3 operators sell services from Kochi to Mangaluru across 2 modes: IndiGo Airlines, South Western Railway, Southern Railway. 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 Kochi to Mangaluru?

0 percent of the services we sell from Kochi to Mangaluru are direct. The rest connect at Kannur, Kanhangad, with about 77 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Kochi to Mangaluru produce?

Travelling from Kochi to Mangaluru by train produces about 13.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 55.0 kg, roughly 4 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Kochi to Mangaluru use?

Services from Kochi to Mangaluru by flight leave from Cochin International Airport COK and arrive at Mangaluru Junction railway station. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Kochi to Mangaluru?

2 of the 3 operators we sell from Kochi to Mangaluru 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Kochi to Mangaluru on 23 September 2026: 396 km of route against 365 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €46.16, and 4h 54m 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 Mangaluru a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Mangaluru and across India

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

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The two ends, compared

Kochi reaches 103 places in 11 countries on services we hold, over distances from 19 to 4,158 km. Mangaluru reaches 92 places in 7 countries, from 48 to 3,897 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Kochi

  • 103Places you can leave for
  • 11Countries
  • 27Operators

Arriving in Mangaluru

Leaving Mangaluru

  • 92Places you can leave for
  • 7Countries
  • 5Operators

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