Prayagraj to Delhi runs about 18 times a day, with the first departure around 06:29 and the last around 18:48. One passenger pays between €56.19 and €73.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 20m over 584 km, on services run by 6 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€56.19 to €73.49
- 177%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Prayagraj
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.
- 06:29First departure
- 18:48Last departure
- 18Services per day
- 89%Run direct
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Buying this journey
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €131.24Mon14
- about €91.59Tue15
- about €121.09Wed16
- about €104.57Thu17
- about €96.31Fri18
- about €99.85Sat19
- about €101.03Sun20
- about €66.81Mon21
- about €73.49Tue22
- about €66.81Wed23
- about €85.69Thu24
- about €83.92Fri25
- about €80.38Sat26
- about €87.24Sun27
- about €56.19Mon28
- about €57.96Tue29
- about €60.91Wed30
- about €72.12Thu1
- about €60.91Fri2
- about €62.09Sat3
- about €63.27Sun4
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 Delhi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Delhi for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Prayagraj to Delhi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €64.4590 days
- €55.0160 days
- €51.4945 days
- €47.3430 days
- €63.2721 days
- €87.2414 days
- €101.037 days
- €121.093 days
- €131.241 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €47.34.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 177 percent. The dearest point is €131.24, 1 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 Prayagraj to Delhi 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
584 km
579 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
1,073,438 → 11,034,555
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
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 actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 92% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 8% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 584 km against 579 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 Kanpur, Jājmau. The gap between arriving and leaving is 82 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 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.
Delhi is large, and the road in from DEL can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Delhi
Settled in advance, so the ride into Delhi 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 New Delhi railway station
Most of the points near New Delhi railway station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Prayagraj to Delhi
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 Prayagraj to Delhi?
The fastest journey from Prayagraj to Delhi takes 4h 20m door to door, of which 1h 12m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 49m, 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 Prayagraj to Delhi?
The cheapest fare from Prayagraj to Delhi is €56.19, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €99.07. 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 Prayagraj to Delhi?
The cheapest way from Prayagraj to Delhi is by flight, at €66.81 for one passenger on 28 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 22m 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 Prayagraj to Delhi?
The fastest way from Prayagraj to Delhi is by flight, at 4h 22m door to door. Only 1h 12m 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 €66.81.
When should I book Prayagraj to Delhi?
Fares from Prayagraj to Delhi bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €47.34. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 177 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 Prayagraj to Delhi?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Prayagraj to Delhi, at €66.81. 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 Prayagraj to Delhi?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Prayagraj to Delhi, at €45.57 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 Prayagraj to Delhi?
6 operators sell services from Prayagraj to Delhi across 2 modes: Alliance Air, East Coast Railway, Eastern Railway, IndiGo Airlines, Northern Railway, South Eastern Railway. 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 Prayagraj to Delhi?
92 percent of the services we sell from Prayagraj to Delhi are direct. The rest connect at Kanpur, Jājmau, with about 82 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 Prayagraj to Delhi produce?
Travelling from Prayagraj to Delhi by train produces about 19.1 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 146.9 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Prayagraj to Delhi use?
Services from Prayagraj to Delhi by flight leave from Prayagraj IXD and arrive at Delhi DEL. 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 Prayagraj to Delhi?
4 of the 6 operators we sell from Prayagraj to Delhi 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 Prayagraj to Delhi on 13 September 2026: 584 km of route against 579 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €56.19, and 4h 20m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Delhi is somebody else's catalogue.
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The two ends, compared
Prayagraj reaches 52 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 55 to 1,457 km. Delhi reaches 191 places in 56 countries, from 43 to 12,351 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Prayagraj
- 52Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 11Operators
Arriving in Delhi
Leaving Delhi
- 191Places you can leave for
- 56Countries
- 80Operators