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Cologne to Klagenfurt

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Cologne to Klagenfurt. From €60.84, fastest 4h 31m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Cologne to Klagenfurt runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:41 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €67.99, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 31m over 742 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €67.99, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€67.99

  • 178%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Cologne

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:41First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 50%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €142.92Mon21
  2. about €115.84Tue22
  3. about €141.69Wed23
  4. about €133.99Thu24
  5. about €127.39Fri25
  6. about €138.20Sat26
  7. about €115.78Sun27
  8. about €74.04Mon28
  9. about €76.84Tue29
  10. about €85.69Wed30
  11. about €95.72Thu1
  12. about €92.18Fri2
  13. about €95.13Sat3
  14. about €96.59Sun4
  15. about €61.94Mon5
  16. about €60.84Tue6
  17. about €65.04Wed7
  18. about €98.24Thu8
  19. about €79.79Fri9
  20. about €75.07Sat10
  21. about €75.69Sun11

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Klagenfurt for the night the flight gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Cologne to Klagenfurt

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

  1. €85.1090 days
  2. €82.8460 days
  3. €51.4945 days
  4. €64.6930 days
  5. €75.6921 days
  6. €96.5914 days
  7. €115.787 days
  8. €141.693 days
  9. €142.921 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €51.49.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 178 percent. The dearest point is €142.92, 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.
€142.92€51.49137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Cologne to Klagenfurt 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

742 km

720 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

1,024,621100,316

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

The route

FranceGermanyPolandUkraineRomaniaBelarusUnited KingdomLondonLondonBerlinBerlinParisParisHamburgHamburgBucharestBucharestBudapestBudapestWarsawWarsawViennaViennaMilanMilanBelgradeBelgradePraguePragueDublinDublinBrusselsBrusselsRotterdamRotterdamTurinTurinKrakowKrakowKölnKölnKlagenfurt am WörtherseeKlagenfurt am WörtherseeMap 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
25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 742 km against 720 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 Munich, Augsburg, Salzburg. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 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 KLU into Klagenfurt is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Klagenfurt

Settled in advance, so the ride into Klagenfurt costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

Klagenfurt is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Maria Saal

Most of the points near Maria Saal open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Cologne to Klagenfurt

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 Cologne to Klagenfurt?

The fastest journey from Cologne to Klagenfurt takes 4h 31m door to door, of which 1h 25m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 35m, 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 Cologne to Klagenfurt?

The cheapest fare from Cologne to Klagenfurt is €60.84, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €95.72. 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 Cologne to Klagenfurt?

The cheapest way from Cologne to Klagenfurt is by flight, at €67.99 for one passenger on 6 October 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 Cologne to Klagenfurt?

Fares from Cologne to Klagenfurt bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €51.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 178 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Cologne to Klagenfurt?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Cologne to Klagenfurt, at €74.04. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Cologne to Klagenfurt?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cologne to Klagenfurt, at €51.49 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 Cologne to Klagenfurt?

Eurowings publish service areas covering both Cologne and Klagenfurt, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Cologne to Klagenfurt?

25 percent of the services we sell from Cologne to Klagenfurt are direct. The rest connect at Munich, Augsburg, Salzburg, with about 45 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 Cologne to Klagenfurt use?

Services from Cologne to Klagenfurt by flight leave from Cologne Bonn Airport CGN and arrive at Klagenfurt Airport KLU. 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 Cologne to Klagenfurt?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Cologne to Klagenfurt 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

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 Cologne to Klagenfurt on 20 September 2026: 742 km of route against 720 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €60.84, and 4h 31m 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 Klagenfurt a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Klagenfurt and across Austria

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

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The two ends, compared

Cologne reaches 234 places in 49 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 9,350 km. Klagenfurt reaches 74 places in 10 countries, from 66 to 1,518 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Cologne

  • 234Places you can leave for
  • 49Countries
  • 72Operators

Arriving in Klagenfurt

Leaving Klagenfurt

  • 74Places you can leave for
  • 10Countries
  • 9Operators

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