Porto Empedocle to Palermo runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:39 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 35m over 98 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 22 September 2026
€11.88
- 93%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Porto Empedocle
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.
- 06:39First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%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 €22.89Sat19
- about €14.64Sun20
- about €16.84Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €13.54Thu24
- about €16.29Fri25
- about €11.88Sat26
- about €11.89Sun27
- about €11.89Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
- about €12.99Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
- about €11.88Tue6
- about €11.88Wed7
- about €11.88Thu8
- about €11.88Fri9
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 ferry gets you into Palermo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Palermo for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Palermo Centrale and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Porto Empedocle to Palermo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €12.9914 days
- €16.297 days
- €16.843 days
- €22.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 93 percent. The dearest point is €22.89, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Porto Empedocle to Palermo 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
98 km
93 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
16,574 → 648,260
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 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
- 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 98 km against 93 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 Marsala, Trapani, Catania, Mazara del Vallo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 PMO into Palermo is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Palermo
Settled in advance, so the ride into Palermo costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Palermo Centrale
Most of the points near Palermo Centrale open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Porto Empedocle to Palermo
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 Porto Empedocle to Palermo?
The fastest journey from Porto Empedocle to Palermo takes 4h 35m door to door, of which 3h 6m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 4h 48m, 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 Porto Empedocle to Palermo?
The cheapest fare from Porto Empedocle to Palermo is €11.88, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. 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 Porto Empedocle to Palermo?
The cheapest way from Porto Empedocle to Palermo is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on 22 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 36m 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 Porto Empedocle to Palermo?
Fares from Porto Empedocle to Palermo bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 93 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Porto Empedocle to Palermo?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Porto Empedocle to Palermo, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 18 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Porto Empedocle to Palermo?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Porto Empedocle to Palermo, 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 Porto Empedocle to Palermo?
No operator record names Porto Empedocle to Palermo directly. Grimaldi 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 Porto Empedocle to Palermo?
20 percent of the services we sell from Porto Empedocle to Palermo are direct. The rest connect at Marsala, Trapani, Catania, Mazara del Vallo, with about 50 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 Porto Empedocle to Palermo use?
Services from Porto Empedocle to Palermo by ferry leave from PORTO EMPEDOCLE and arrive at PALERMO. 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 Porto Empedocle to Palermo?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Porto Empedocle to Palermo 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 Porto Empedocle to Palermo on 18 September 2026: 98 km of route against 93 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 4h 35m 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 Palermo a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Palermo and across Italy
Day trips that leave Palermo in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Porto Empedocle reaches 40 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 92 to 888 km. Palermo reaches 136 places in 23 countries, from 68 to 2,382 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Porto Empedocle
- 40Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Palermo
Leaving Palermo
- 136Places you can leave for
- 23Countries
- 38Operators