Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €23.99, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 11h 41m over 346 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €23.99, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 7 October 2026
€23.99
- 190%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Melilla
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:25First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Departure times on this route
12Go lists the departures it sells between Melilla and El Puerto de Santa María.
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Baleària runs this service and does not sell it here. Direct Ferries takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Direct Ferries holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €50.39Mon21
- about €44.34Tue22
- about €44.89Wed23
- about €47.64Thu24
- about €51.49Fri25
- about €45.99Sat26
- about €38.29Sun27
- about €27.84Mon28
- about €30.04Tue29
- about €29.48Wed30
- about €35.54Thu1
- about €32.24Fri2
- about €38.29Sat3
- about €30.58Sun4
- about €26.18Mon5
- about €25.08Tue6
- about €23.99Wed7
- about €31.69Thu8
- about €30.58Fri9
- about €27.84Sat10
- about €28.94Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The ferry gets you into El Puerto de Santa María. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in El Puerto de Santa María for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €28.9390 days
- €26.1860 days
- €17.3945 days
- €19.5930 days
- €28.9421 days
- €30.5814 days
- €38.297 days
- €44.893 days
- €50.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €17.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 190 percent. The dearest point is €50.39, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María 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
346 km
330 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
85,985 → 88,364
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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
- 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 346 km against 330 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ceuta, La Línea de la Concepción, Algeciras, Chiclana de la Frontera. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
El Puerto de Santa María is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near El Puerto de Santa María Station
Most of the points near El Puerto de Santa María Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María
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 Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María?
The fastest journey from Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María takes 11h 41m door to door, of which 11h is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 12h 30m, 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 Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María?
The cheapest fare from Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María is €23.99, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €32.24. 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 Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María?
The cheapest way from Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María is by ferry, at €23.99 for one passenger on 7 October 2026. That journey takes 12h 30m 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 Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María?
Fares from Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €17.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 190 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 Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María, at €27.84. 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 Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María, at €20.14 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 Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María?
Baleària publish service areas covering both Melilla and El Puerto de Santa María, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María?
20 percent of the services we sell from Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María are direct. The rest connect at Ceuta, La Línea de la Concepción, Algeciras, Chiclana de la Frontera, 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 Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María use?
Services from Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María by ferry leave from Antigua Estación Marítima and arrive at Terminal Marítima Metropolitana de El Puerto de Santa María. 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 Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María 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 Melilla to El Puerto de Santa María on 20 September 2026: 346 km of route against 330 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €23.99, and 11h 41m 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 El Puerto de Santa María a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of El Puerto de Santa María and across Spain
Day trips that leave El Puerto de Santa María in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Melilla reaches 40 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 170 to 1,424 km. El Puerto de Santa María reaches 33 places in 1 countries, from 21 to 893 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Melilla
- 40Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in El Puerto de Santa María
Leaving El Puerto de Santa María
- 33Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators