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Moscow to Baku

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Moscow to Baku. From €150.00, fastest 6h 4m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Moscow to Baku runs about 48 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 20:48. One passenger pays between €150.00 and €162.39, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 4m over 1,989 km, on services run by 6 operators across 1 mode.

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

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026

€150.00 to €162.39

  • 165%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Moscow

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:08First departure
  • 20:48Last departure
  • 48Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €336.44Mon21
  2. about €284.52Tue22
  3. about €311.66Wed23
  4. about €311.66Thu24
  5. about €289.24Fri25
  6. about €296.91Sat26
  7. about €277.44Sun27
  8. about €192.48Mon28
  9. about €187.76Tue29
  10. about €200.74Wed30
  11. about €235.55Thu1
  12. about €216.08Fri2
  13. about €221.98Sat3
  14. about €204.28Sun4
  15. about €150.59Mon5
  16. about €150.00Tue6
  17. about €158.26Wed7
  18. about €194.84Thu8
  19. about €182.45Fri9
  20. about €185.99Sat10
  21. about €174.19Sun11

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Baku for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Baku railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Moscow to Baku

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

  1. €196.6190 days
  2. €159.4460 days
  3. €126.9945 days
  4. €128.1730 days
  5. €174.1921 days
  6. €204.2814 days
  7. €277.447 days
  8. €311.663 days
  9. €336.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €126.99.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 165 percent. The dearest point is €336.44, 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.
€336.44€126.99137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Moscow to Baku and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

1,989 km

1,931 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

10,381,2222,351,300

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

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,989 km against 1,931 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Baku railway station

Most of the points near Baku railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Moscow to Baku

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 Moscow to Baku?

The fastest journey from Moscow to Baku takes 6h 4m door to door, of which 2h 55m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 17m, 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 Moscow to Baku?

The cheapest fare from Moscow to Baku is €150.00, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €265.64. 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 Moscow to Baku?

The cheapest way from Moscow to Baku is by flight, at €150.00 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 5m 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 Moscow to Baku?

Fares from Moscow to Baku bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €126.99. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 165 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 Moscow to Baku?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Moscow to Baku, at €187.76. 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 Moscow to Baku?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Moscow to Baku, at €125.81 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 Moscow to Baku?

Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Ariana Afghan Airlines, Azerbaijan Airlines, Rossiya-Russian Airlines, S7 Airlines, UTair Aviation publish service areas covering both Moscow and Baku, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Moscow to Baku?

Every service we sell from Moscow to Baku is direct, with around 48 departures a day and a fastest journey of 6h 4m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Moscow to Baku use?

Services from Moscow to Baku by flight leave from Sheremetyevo International Airport SVO and arrive at Heydar Aliyev International Airport GYD. 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 Moscow to Baku?

0 of the 6 operators we sell from Moscow to Baku 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 Moscow to Baku on 20 September 2026: 1989 km of route against 1931 km in a straight line, 48 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €150.00, and 6h 4m 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 Baku a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Baku and across Azerbaijan

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

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The two ends, compared

Moscow reaches 336 places in 71 countries on services we hold, over distances from 53 to 13,476 km. Baku reaches 68 places in 33 countries, from 95 to 6,286 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Moscow

  • 336Places you can leave for
  • 71Countries
  • 123Operators

Arriving in Baku

Leaving Baku

  • 68Places you can leave for
  • 33Countries
  • 35Operators

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