Rotterdam to Zadar runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:52 and the last around 14:39. One passenger pays between €106.93 and €119.32, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 6m over 1,213 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€106.93 to €119.32
- 174%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Rotterdam
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.
- 06:52First departure
- 14:39Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 67%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €222.57Mon14
- about €193.66Tue15
- about €204.28Wed16
- about €205.46Thu17
- about €195.43Fri18
- about €220.34Sat19
- about €213.19Sun20
- about €120.50Mon21
- about €119.32Tue22
- about €136.43Wed23
- about €158.26Thu24
- about €145.28Fri25
- about €177.99Sat26
- about €141.74Sun27
- about €108.11Mon28
- about €106.93Tue29
- about €113.42Wed30
- about €119.69Thu1
- about €110.47Fri2
- about €107.59Sat3
- about €121.34Sun4
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 Zadar. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Zadar for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Rotterdam to Zadar
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €137.6190 days
- €103.7460 days
- €81.1945 days
- €87.2330 days
- €121.3421 days
- €141.7414 days
- €213.197 days
- €204.283 days
- €222.571 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €81.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 174 percent. The dearest point is €222.57, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Rotterdam to Zadar 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
1,213 km
1,178 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
868,135 → 67,309
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,213 km against 1,178 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Stuttgart, Maastricht, Pula, Eindhoven. The gap between arriving and leaving is 82 minutes, of which about 14 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.
The fare from ZAD into Zadar is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Zadar
Settled in advance, so the ride into Zadar costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Zadar is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Zadar station
Most of the points near Zadar station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Rotterdam to Zadar
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 Rotterdam to Zadar?
The fastest journey from Rotterdam to Zadar takes 5h 6m door to door, of which 2h 5m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 13m, 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 Rotterdam to Zadar?
The cheapest fare from Rotterdam to Zadar is €106.93, as of 13 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €168.88. 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 Rotterdam to Zadar?
The cheapest way from Rotterdam to Zadar is by flight, at €119.32 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 5h 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.
When should I book Rotterdam to Zadar?
Fares from Rotterdam to Zadar bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €81.19. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 174 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 Rotterdam to Zadar?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rotterdam to Zadar, at €119.32. 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 Rotterdam to Zadar?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rotterdam to Zadar, at €78.44 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 Rotterdam to Zadar?
1 operators sell services from Rotterdam to Zadar across 1 mode: Transavia Holland. 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 Rotterdam to Zadar?
33 percent of the services we sell from Rotterdam to Zadar are direct. The rest connect at Stuttgart, Maastricht, Pula, Eindhoven, with about 82 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 Rotterdam to Zadar use?
Services from Rotterdam to Zadar by flight leave from Rotterdam RTM and arrive at Zadar ZAD. 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 Rotterdam to Zadar?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Rotterdam to Zadar 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 Rotterdam to Zadar on 13 September 2026: 1213 km of route against 1178 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €106.93, and 5h 6m 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 Zadar a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Zadar and across Croatia
Day trips that leave Zadar in the morning and cover a good part of Croatia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Rotterdam reaches 157 places in 17 countries on services we hold, over distances from 18 to 3,123 km. Zadar reaches 111 places in 26 countries, from 20 to 1,952 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rotterdam
- 157Places you can leave for
- 17Countries
- 26Operators
Arriving in Zadar
Leaving Zadar
- 111Places you can leave for
- 26Countries
- 28Operators