Le Havre to Nantes runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 14:43. One passenger pays between €13.93 and €36.72, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 42m over 282 km, on services run by 6 operators across 4 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 4 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€13.93 to €36.72
- 150%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Le Havre
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.
- 06:25First departure
- 14:43Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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Région Bretagne runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €29.33Sat19
- about €30.43Sun20
- about €20.53Mon21
- about €20.53Tue22
- about €22.73Wed23
- about €26.03Thu24
- about €19.98Fri25
- about €22.18Sat26
- about €20.53Sun27
- about €17.78Mon28
- about €17.78Tue29
- about €19.43Wed30
- about €21.63Thu1
- about €17.23Fri2
- about €17.78Sat3
- about €16.68Sun4
- about €14.48Mon5
- about €13.93Tue6
- about €14.48Wed7
- about €18.33Thu8
- about €16.13Fri9
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 Nantes. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Nantes for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Le Havre to Nantes
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.7890 days
- €11.7360 days
- €11.7345 days
- €13.9330 days
- €16.1321 days
- €17.2314 days
- €19.987 days
- €20.533 days
- €29.331 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 150 percent. The dearest point is €29.33, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Le Havre to Nantes 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
282 km
281 km as the crow flies, 0% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
185,972 → 325,070
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/7
7 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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
- 73% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 27% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 282 km against 281 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Le Mans, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Angers, Rennes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 NTE into Nantes is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Nantes
Settled in advance, so the ride into Nantes 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 near Nantes
Most of the points near Nantes open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Le Havre to Nantes
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 Le Havre to Nantes?
The fastest journey from Le Havre to Nantes takes 2h 42m door to door, of which 2h 2m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 19m, 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 Le Havre to Nantes?
The cheapest fare from Le Havre to Nantes is €13.93, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €26.58. 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 Le Havre to Nantes?
The cheapest way from Le Havre to Nantes is by coach, at €13.93 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 28m 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 Le Havre to Nantes?
The fastest way from Le Havre to Nantes is by train, at 2h 46m door to door. Only 2h 2m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €29.49.
When should I book Le Havre to Nantes?
Fares from Le Havre to Nantes bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €11.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 150 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Le Havre to Nantes?
Friday is the cheapest day to depart from Le Havre to Nantes, at €17.23. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 18 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Le Havre to Nantes?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Le Havre to Nantes, at €12.83 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 Le Havre to Nantes?
No operator record names Le Havre to Nantes directly. BlaBlaCar, Brittany Ferries, Région Bretagne, Smartwings, SNCF, TER Pays de la Loire publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Le Havre to Nantes?
73 percent of the services we sell from Le Havre to Nantes are direct. The rest connect at Le Mans, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Angers, Rennes, with about 66 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 Le Havre to Nantes produce?
Travelling from Le Havre to Nantes by coach produces about 7.6 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 71.3 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Le Havre to Nantes use?
Services from Le Havre to Nantes by train leave from Harfleur and arrive at Nantes. Allow about 44m 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 Le Havre to Nantes?
5 of the 6 operators we sell from Le Havre to Nantes 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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Le Havre to Nantes on 18 September 2026: 282 km of route against 281 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €13.93, and 2h 42m 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 Nantes a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Nantes and across France
Day trips that leave Nantes in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Le Havre reaches 81 places in 6 countries on services we hold, over distances from 43 to 2,685 km. Nantes reaches 147 places in 29 countries, from 81 to 6,767 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Le Havre
- 81Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 17Operators
Arriving in Nantes
Leaving Nantes
- 147Places you can leave for
- 29Countries
- 43Operators