Kos to Chálki runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 14:40 and the last around 14:40. One passenger pays between €32.79 and €38.84, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 17h 46m over 561 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
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
€32.79 to €38.84
- 224%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kos
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for 17 September 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 14:40First departure
- 14:40Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Sailings on 17 September 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
14:4017:002h 20m
DODEKANISOS SEAWAYSVessel DODEKANISOS EXPRESSDirect
KOS → CHALKI
from €29.00
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €29.00 to €29.00 on 17 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.
17 September 2026
€29.00
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 Chálki. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Chálki for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Kos to Chálki
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.5490 days
- €38.2960 days
- €32.2445 days
- €26.7430 days
- €35.5421 days
- €57.5414 days
- €70.197 days
- €71.293 days
- €86.691 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €26.74.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 224 percent. The dearest point is €86.69, 1 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 Kos to Chálki 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
561 km
510 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
19,244 → 1,837
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 561 km against 510 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Athens, Piraeus, Pátmos, Rhodes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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
Chálki is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near CHALKI
Most of the points near CHALKI open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Kos to Chálki
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 Kos to Chálki?
The fastest journey from Kos to Chálki takes 17h 46m door to door, of which 17h 13m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 18h 54m, 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 Kos to Chálki?
The cheapest fare from Kos to Chálki is €32.79, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €56.44. 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 Kos to Chálki?
The cheapest way from Kos to Chálki is by ferry, at €38.84 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 18h 43m 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 Kos to Chálki?
Fares from Kos to Chálki bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €26.74. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 224 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 Kos to Chálki?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kos to Chálki, at €38.84. 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 Kos to Chálki?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kos to Chálki, at €30.04 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 Kos to Chálki?
1 operators sell services from Kos to Chálki across 1 mode: Dodekanisos Seaways. 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 Kos to Chálki?
20 percent of the services we sell from Kos to Chálki are direct. The rest connect at Athens, Piraeus, Pátmos, Rhodes, with about 58 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 Kos to Chálki use?
Services from Kos to Chálki by ferry leave from KOS and arrive at CHALKI. 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 Kos to Chálki?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Kos to Chálki 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 Kos to Chálki on 13 September 2026: 561 km of route against 510 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €32.79, and 17h 46m 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 Chálki a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Chálki and across Greece
Day trips that leave Chálki in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kos reaches 87 places in 22 countries on services we hold, over distances from 14 to 3,162 km. Chálki reaches 8 places in 1 countries, from 204 to 611 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kos
- 87Places you can leave for
- 22Countries
- 55Operators
Arriving in Chálki
Leaving Chálki
- 8Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators