Rzeszów to Krakow runs about 24 times a day, with the first departure around 06:19 and the last around 18:40. One passenger pays between €17.39 and €20.14, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 57m over 169 km, on services run by 6 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€17.39 to €20.14
- 237%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Rzeszów
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.
- 06:19First departure
- 18:40Last departure
- 24Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Rzeszów to Krakow on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €49.29Sat19
- about €39.39Sun20
- about €34.44Mon21
- about €28.39Tue22
- about €30.04Wed23
- about €37.19Thu24
- about €33.89Fri25
- about €28.39Sat26
- about €27.29Sun27
- about €23.44Mon28
- about €22.89Tue29
- about €24.54Wed30
- about €28.39Thu1
- about €26.74Fri2
- about €22.34Sat3
- about €20.69Sun4
- about €17.94Mon5
- about €17.39Tue6
- about €18.49Wed7
- about €23.99Thu8
- about €21.79Fri9
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 train gets you into Krakow. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Krakow for the night the train gets in
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When to book Rzeszów to Krakow
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.5490 days
- €14.6460 days
- €15.1945 days
- €18.4930 days
- €21.7921 days
- €26.7414 days
- €33.897 days
- €34.443 days
- €49.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €14.64.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 237 percent. The dearest point is €49.29, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Rzeszów to Krakow 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
169 km
147 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
198,317 → 816,614
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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 169 km against 147 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from KRK into Krakow is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Krakow
Settled in advance, so the ride into Krakow costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Krakow Glowny
Most of the points near Krakow Glowny open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Rzeszów to Krakow
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 Rzeszów to Krakow?
The fastest journey from Rzeszów to Krakow takes 1h 57m door to door, of which 1h 14m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 2h 2m, 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 Rzeszów to Krakow?
The cheapest fare from Rzeszów to Krakow is €17.39, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.69. 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 Rzeszów to Krakow?
The cheapest way from Rzeszów to Krakow is by train, at €17.39 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 1h 58m 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 Rzeszów to Krakow?
Fares from Rzeszów to Krakow bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €14.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 237 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 Rzeszów to Krakow?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Rzeszów to Krakow, at €22.89. 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 Rzeszów to Krakow?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Rzeszów to Krakow, at €15.19 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 Rzeszów to Krakow?
No operator record names Rzeszów to Krakow directly. České Dráhy, Deutsche Bahn, PKP, Polish Trains, Polregio, Ukrainian Railways 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 Rzeszów to Krakow?
Every service we sell from Rzeszów to Krakow is direct, with around 24 departures a day and a fastest journey of 1h 57m 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 Rzeszów to Krakow use?
Services from Rzeszów to Krakow by train leave from Rzeszów Główny and arrive at Krakow Glowny. Allow about 44m 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 Rzeszów to Krakow?
6 of the 6 operators we sell from Rzeszów to Krakow 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 Rzeszów to Krakow on 18 September 2026: 169 km of route against 147 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €17.39, and 1h 57m 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 Krakow a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Krakow and across Poland
Day trips that leave Krakow in the morning and cover a good part of Poland by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Rzeszów reaches 77 places in 17 countries on services we hold, over distances from 62 to 7,041 km. Krakow reaches 214 places in 43 countries, from 50 to 7,613 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Rzeszów
- 77Places you can leave for
- 17Countries
- 20Operators
Arriving in Krakow
Leaving Krakow
- 214Places you can leave for
- 43Countries
- 56Operators