Rome to Bucharest

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Rome to Bucharest. From €96.31, fastest 5h 3m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Travelling from Rome to Bucharest costs €96.31 at the cheapest and takes 5h 3m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 7 operators. The route covers 1,171 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked 9 September 2026Priced for 29 September 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,171 km
Fastest
5h 3m
Average
5h 10m
Services per day
56
Cheapest
€96.31
CO2 per passenger
288.1 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on 29 September 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight5h 3m1h 53m3h 10m€103.39288.1 kg56
  • 5h 3mFastest, by Flight
  • €103.39Cheapest, by Flight
  • 288.1 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,171 kmDistance travelled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 29 September 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€96.31
  1. Tarom T549614:362h 1m16:37Rome CIABucharest OTP

Door to door 5h 11mCO2 288.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€134.66
  1. Blue Air BA817306:291h 53m08:22Rome FCOBucharest BBU

Door to door 5h 3mCO2 288.1 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this journey yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modelled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of travelling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Rome to Bucharest
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Rome to BucharestThu10 SeptFri11 SeptSat12 SeptSun13 SeptMon14 SeptTue15 SeptWed16 SeptThu17 SeptFri18 SeptSat19 SeptSun20 SeptMon21 SeptTue22 SeptWed23 Sept
Flight€229.65€211.95€178.91€167.11€145.87€139.97€121.09€154.13€139.97€144.69€135.25€116.37€115.78€103.39

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €96.31

Bucharest is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

A room in Bucharest for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Bucuresti Nord and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Rome to Bucharest

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

  1. €92.7790 days
  2. €86.2860 days
  3. €98.6745 days
  4. €95.7230 days
  5. €102.8021 days
  6. €103.3914 days
  7. €121.097 days
  8. €178.913 days
  9. €229.651 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €86.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 166 percent. The dearest point is €229.65, 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.
€229.65€86.281371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €135.25Sun
  2. €116.37Mon
  3. €115.78Tue
  4. €103.39Wed
  5. €154.13Thu
  6. €139.97Fri
  7. €144.69Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €139.97Sept
  2. €103.39Oct
  3. €92.77Nov
  4. €93.36Dec
  5. €93.36Jan
  6. €80.38Feb

The route

RomeRomeBucharestBucharest
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,171 km against 1,137 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Rome at 06:07 and the last at 20:42, across 56 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Rome

Rail
  • Roma Termini
  • Ciampino
  • Roma Balduina
Coach
  • Roma Tiburtina
  • Lenin
Air
  • FCO
  • CIA
Ferry
  • Roma Civitavecchia Terminal
  • Sant'Angelo

Bucharest

Rail
  • Bucuresti Nord
  • Bucharest Obor
  • Bucharest Băneasa
Coach
  • Bucuresti Autogara Filaret
  • Memento Bus
Air
  • OTP
  • BBU

OTP is not in Bucharest, and the road in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

Getting from OTP into Bucharest

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
AeroItalia€98.08
Blue Air€102.80
ITA Airways€96.90
Ryanair€98.67
Tarom€96.31
Wizz Air€106.34
Wizz Air Malta€97.49
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€74.0077%
Taxes€13.3214%
Supplier fees€7.007%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€96.31100%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Bucharest well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Bucuresti Nord

Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Rome to Bucharest

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 Rome to Bucharest?

The fastest journey from Rome to Bucharest takes 5h 3m door to door, of which 1h 53m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 5h 10m, 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 Rome to Bucharest?

The cheapest fare from Rome to Bucharest is €96.31, checked on 29 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €157.67. 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 Rome to Bucharest?

The cheapest way from Rome to Bucharest is by Flight, at €103.39 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 5h 3m 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 Rome to Bucharest?

Fares from Rome to Bucharest bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €86.28. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 166 percent, measured on 29 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Rome to Bucharest?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rome to Bucharest, at €103.39. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on 29 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Rome to Bucharest?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rome to Bucharest, at €80.38 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 Rome to Bucharest?

7 operators sell services from Rome to Bucharest across 1 modes: AeroItalia, Blue Air, ITA Airways, Ryanair, Tarom, Wizz Air. 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 Rome to Bucharest?

Every service we sell from Rome to Bucharest is direct, with around 56 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 3m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Rome to Bucharest use?

Services from Rome to Bucharest by Flight leave from Rome FCO and arrive at Bucharest BBU. 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 Rome to Bucharest?

0 of the 7 operators we sell from Rome to Bucharest 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

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Rome to Bucharest on 9 September 2026: 1171 km of route against 1137 km in a straight line, 56 services a day, 7 operators, a cheapest fare of €96.31, and 5h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The journey is the easy half to plan. The days in Bucharest are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Bucharest and across Romania

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Bucharest, with free cancellation on most of it.

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