Motril to Melilla runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 23:30 and the last around 23:30. One passenger pays between €12.99 and €16.29, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 52m over 179 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€12.99 to €16.29
- 157%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Motril
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.
- 23:30First departure
- 23:30Last 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.
23:3006:307h
NAVIERA ARMASVessel BAHAMA MAMADirect
MOTRIL → MELILLA
from €52.56 €182.56
E ticketVehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €52.56 to €182.56 on 17 September 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Baleària 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
€52.56
NAVIERA ARMAS
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 Melilla. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Melilla for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Motril to Melilla
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €15.1990 days
- €12.9960 days
- €11.8945 days
- €11.8830 days
- €14.0921 days
- €16.8414 days
- €22.897 days
- €30.593 days
- €25.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 157 percent. The dearest point is €30.59, 3 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Motril to Melilla 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
179 km
170 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
60,592 → 85,985
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
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 179 km against 170 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 Marbella. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
The fare from MLN into Melilla is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Melilla
Settled in advance, so the ride into Melilla costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Melilla is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Antigua Estación Marítima
Most of the points near Antigua Estación Marítima open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Motril to Melilla
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 Motril to Melilla?
The fastest journey from Motril to Melilla takes 6h 52m door to door, of which 6h 8m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 7h 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 Motril to Melilla?
The cheapest fare from Motril to Melilla is €12.99, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €18.49. 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 Motril to Melilla?
The cheapest way from Motril to Melilla is by ferry, at €16.29 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 7h 38m 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 Motril to Melilla?
Fares from Motril to Melilla bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 157 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 Motril to Melilla?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Motril to Melilla, at €16.29. 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 Motril to Melilla?
January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Motril to Melilla, at €11.88 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 Motril to Melilla?
2 operators sell services from Motril to Melilla across 1 mode: Baleària, Naviera Armas. 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 Motril to Melilla?
67 percent of the services we sell from Motril to Melilla are direct. The rest connect at Marbella, with about 47 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 Motril to Melilla use?
Services from Motril to Melilla by ferry leave from Estación Marítima de Motril and arrive at Antigua Estación Marítima. 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 Motril to Melilla?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Motril to Melilla 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 Motril to Melilla on 13 September 2026: 179 km of route against 170 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €12.99, and 6h 52m 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 Melilla a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Melilla and across Spain
Day trips that leave Melilla in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Motril reaches 53 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 80 to 776 km. Melilla reaches 40 places in 1 countries, from 170 to 1,424 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Motril
- 53Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 3Operators
Arriving in Melilla
Leaving Melilla
- 40Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 6Operators