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Padang to Palembang

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Padang to Palembang. From €98.08, fastest 6h 13m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Padang to Palembang runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €98.08, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 13m over 957 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 13 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €98.08, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026

€98.08

  • 155%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Padang

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €218.44Thu24
  2. about €225.52Fri25
  3. about €172.42Sat26
  4. about €168.88Sun27
  5. about €138.20Mon28
  6. about €157.67Tue29
  7. about €115.78Wed30
  8. about €138.20Thu1
  9. about €134.07Fri2
  10. about €132.30Sat3
  11. about €135.84Sun4
  12. about €121.09Mon5
  13. about €113.42Tue6
  14. about €113.42Wed7
  15. about €115.19Thu8
  16. about €109.29Fri9
  17. about €111.65Sat10
  18. about €102.21Sun11
  19. about €101.62Mon12
  20. about €98.08Tue13
  21. about €98.67Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Palembang for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Kramasan 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 Padang to Palembang

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

  1. €85.6990 days
  2. €92.7760 days
  3. €88.6445 days
  4. €102.8030 days
  5. €98.6721 days
  6. €113.4214 days
  7. €115.787 days
  8. €172.423 days
  9. €218.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €85.69.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 155 percent. The dearest point is €218.44, 1 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.
€218.44€85.69137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Padang to Palembang 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

957 km

535 km as the crow flies, 79% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.

Who lives at each end

942,9381,801,367

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

The route

Jambi CityJambi CityBengkuluBengkuluPangkalpinangPangkalpinangBaturajaBaturajaBukittinggiBukittinggiPrabumulihPrabumulihTanjung PandanTanjung PandanLahatLahatPadangPadangPalembangPalembangMap 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 957 km against 535 km in a straight line, a detour of 79 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Batam. The gap between arriving and leaving is 59 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.

Palembang is large, and the road in from PLM 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 Palembang

Settled in advance, so the ride into Palembang 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 lockers

Left luggage near Kramasan railway station

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

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Questions about Padang to Palembang

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 Padang to Palembang?

The fastest journey from Padang to Palembang takes 6h 13m door to door, of which 2h 8m 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 Padang to Palembang?

The cheapest fare from Padang to Palembang is €98.08, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €121.09. 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 Padang to Palembang?

The cheapest way from Padang to Palembang is by flight, at €98.08 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 17m 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 Padang to Palembang?

Fares from Padang to Palembang bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €85.69. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 155 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Padang to Palembang?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Padang to Palembang, at €113.42. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Padang to Palembang?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Padang to Palembang, at €69.17 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 Padang to Palembang?

2 operators sell services from Padang to Palembang across 1 mode: Lion Mentari Airlines, Super Air Jet. 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 Padang to Palembang?

0 percent of the services we sell from Padang to Palembang are direct. The rest connect at Batam, with about 59 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 Padang to Palembang use?

Services from Padang to Palembang by flight leave from Minangkabau International Airport PDG and arrive at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport PLM. 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 Padang to Palembang?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Padang to Palembang 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 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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Padang to Palembang on 23 September 2026: 957 km of route against 535 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €98.08, and 6h 13m 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 Palembang a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Palembang and across Indonesia

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

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The two ends, compared

Padang reaches 17 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 71 to 1,855 km. Palembang reaches 34 places in 4 countries, from 81 to 3,354 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Padang

  • 17Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 10Operators

Arriving in Palembang

Leaving Palembang

  • 34Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 8Operators

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