Olbia to Catania runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:11 and the last around 14:52. One passenger pays between €36.64 and €63.27, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 23m over 619 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€36.64 to €63.27
- 247%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Olbia
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.
- 06:11First departure
- 14:52Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 40%Run direct
Grimaldi 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 this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €117.49Fri18
- about €86.69Sat19
- about €78.44Sun20
- about €57.54Mon21
- about €56.44Tue22
- about €61.39Wed23
- about €72.39Thu24
- about €53.14Fri25
- about €57.54Sat26
- about €53.69Sun27
- about €57.54Mon28
- about €42.69Tue29
- about €50.39Wed30
- about €57.54Thu1
- about €45.99Fri2
- about €41.59Sat3
- about €44.89Sun4
- about €36.64Mon5
- about €39.39Tue6
- about €37.74Wed7
- about €48.19Thu8
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 Catania. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Catania for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Catania Centrale and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Olbia to Catania
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €37.7490 days
- €33.8960 days
- €36.0945 days
- €41.5930 days
- €48.1921 days
- €57.5414 days
- €72.397 days
- €78.443 days
- €117.491 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €33.89.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 247 percent. The dearest point is €117.49, 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 Olbia to Catania 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
619 km
613 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
60,345 → 311,584
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 619 km against 613 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Marsala, Mazara del Vallo, Palermo, Trapani. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 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. 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 CTA into Catania is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Catania
Settled in advance, so the ride into Catania 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 Catania Centrale
Most of the points near Catania Centrale open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Olbia to Catania
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 Olbia to Catania?
The fastest journey from Olbia to Catania takes 4h 23m door to door, of which 1h 20m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 15h, 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 Olbia to Catania?
The cheapest fare from Olbia to Catania is €36.64, as of 17 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €65.79. 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 Olbia to Catania?
The cheapest way from Olbia to Catania is by ferry, at €36.64 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 19h 15m 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 Olbia to Catania?
The fastest way from Olbia to Catania is by flight, at 4h 30m door to door. Only 1h 20m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €63.27.
When should I book Olbia to Catania?
Fares from Olbia to Catania bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €33.89. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 247 percent, measured on 17 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Olbia to Catania?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Olbia to Catania, at €42.69. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 17 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Olbia to Catania?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Olbia to Catania, at €28.94 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 Olbia to Catania?
No operator record names Olbia to Catania directly. Grimaldi, VOLOTEA Airways 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 Olbia to Catania?
43 percent of the services we sell from Olbia to Catania are direct. The rest connect at Marsala, Mazara del Vallo, Palermo, Trapani, with about 61 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 Olbia to Catania produce?
Travelling from Olbia to Catania by ferry produces about 70.5 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 155.2 kg, roughly 2 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Olbia to Catania use?
Services from Olbia to Catania by flight leave from Olbia OLB and arrive at Catania CTA. 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 Olbia to Catania?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Olbia to Catania 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 Olbia to Catania on 17 September 2026: 619 km of route against 613 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €36.64, and 4h 23m 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 Catania a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Catania and across Italy
Day trips that leave Catania in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Olbia reaches 97 places in 18 countries on services we hold, over distances from 33 to 4,560 km. Catania reaches 132 places in 31 countries, from 50 to 4,030 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Olbia
- 97Places you can leave for
- 18Countries
- 42Operators
Arriving in Catania
Leaving Catania
- 132Places you can leave for
- 31Countries
- 53Operators