Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile, Paris, France.

Mainz to Paris

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Mainz to Paris. From £52.59, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays £52.59, every fee included. Services cover 562 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 21 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £52.59, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 21 October 2026

£52.59

  • 143%Moves across the booking window

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about £115.74Wed7
  2. about £162.86Thu8
  3. about £126.58Fri9
  4. about £106.31Sat10
  5. about £91.71Sun11
  6. about £81.81Mon12
  7. about £92.64Tue13
  8. about £61.55Wed14
  9. about £87.00Thu15
  10. about £78.04Fri16
  11. about £85.58Sat17
  12. about £78.04Sun18
  13. about £60.13Mon19
  14. about £61.08Tue20
  15. about £52.59Wed21
  16. about £69.56Thu22
  17. about £77.56Fri23
  18. about £70.97Sat24
  19. about £61.08Sun25
  20. about £61.08Mon26
  21. about £62.96Tue27

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Paris for the night the train gets in

Sort by distance from Paris Gare de Lyon and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Mainz to Paris

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

  1. £52.1390 days
  2. £70.9760 days
  3. £55.4245 days
  4. £57.3130 days
  5. £62.9621 days
  6. £61.0814 days
  7. £92.647 days
  8. £126.583 days
  9. £115.741 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £52.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 143 percent. The dearest point is £126.58, 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.
£126.58£52.13137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Mainz to Paris 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

562 km

447 km as the crow flies, 26% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

222,889 → 2,138,551

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

The route

GermanyBelgiumUnited KingdomMunichMunichCologneCologneBrusselsBrusselsFrankfurt am MainFrankfurt am MainDüsseldorfDüsseldorfStuttgartStuttgartAntwerpAntwerpNurembergNurembergLeipzigLeipzigBonnBonnMannheimMannheimAugsburgAugsburgBrightonBrightonKarlsruheKarlsruheStrasbourgStrasbourgAachenAachenMainzMainzParisParisMap 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 562 km against 447 km in a straight line, a detour of 26 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Köln, Bonn. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 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.

Paris is large, and the road in from CDG can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Paris

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

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Who runs this route

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Paris Gare de Lyon

Most of the points near Paris Gare de Lyon open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Mainz to Paris

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 Mainz to Paris?

Mainz to Paris covers 562 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Mainz to Paris?

The cheapest fare from Mainz to Paris is £52.59, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £79.92. 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 Mainz to Paris?

The cheapest way from Mainz to Paris is by train, at £52.59 for one passenger on 21 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Mainz to Paris?

Fares from Mainz to Paris bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £52.13. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 143 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Mainz to Paris?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Mainz to Paris, at £61.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Mainz to Paris?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Mainz to Paris, at £48.35 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 Mainz to Paris?

2 operators sell services from Mainz to Paris across 1 mode: DB Fernverkehr, Eurostar. 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 Mainz to Paris?

0 percent of the services we sell from Mainz to Paris are direct. The rest connect at Köln, Bonn, with about 67 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 Mainz to Paris use?

Services from Mainz to Paris by train leave from Mainz Hbf and arrive at Paris Gare de Lyon. 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 Mainz to Paris?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Mainz to Paris allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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

Being on the water gives Paris a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Paris and across France

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

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The two ends, compared

Mainz reaches 22 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 65 to 621 km. Paris reaches 317 places in 79 countries, from 46 to 14,278 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Mainz

  • 22Places you can leave for
  • 7Countries
  • 13Operators

Arriving in Paris

Leaving Paris

  • 317Places you can leave for
  • 79Countries
  • 135Operators

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