Samsun to Izmir runs about 9 times a day, with the first departure around 06:10 and the last around 17:16. One passenger pays between €75.07 and €80.38, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 40m over 872 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€75.07 to €80.38
- 140%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Samsun
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.
- 06:10First departure
- 17:16Last departure
- 9Services 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 €147.05Tue15
- about €154.72Wed16
- about €160.03Thu17
- about €139.38Fri18
- about €144.69Sat19
- about €141.74Sun20
- about €86.28Mon21
- about €96.31Tue22
- about €105.75Wed23
- about €115.78Thu24
- about €115.78Fri25
- about €110.47Sat26
- about €111.06Sun27
- about €80.38Mon28
- about €75.07Tue29
- about €79.20Wed30
- about €101.03Thu1
- about €92.74Fri2
- about €89.82Sat3
- about €84.51Sun4
- about €80.38Mon5
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 Izmir. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Izmir for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Izmir Basmane and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Samsun to Izmir
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €86.8790 days
- €80.9760 days
- €88.0545 days
- €66.8130 days
- €80.3821 days
- €80.3814 days
- €86.287 days
- €160.033 days
- €147.051 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €66.81.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 140 percent. The dearest point is €160.03, 3 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Samsun to Izmir 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
872 km
847 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
394,050 → 2,938,292
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
- 60% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 40% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 872 km against 847 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 Ankara, Antalya, Tokat, Istanbul. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Izmir is large, and the road in from ADB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Izmir
Settled in advance, so the ride into Izmir 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 Izmir Basmane
Most of the points near Izmir Basmane open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Samsun to Izmir
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 Samsun to Izmir?
The fastest journey from Samsun to Izmir takes 4h 40m door to door, of which 1h 34m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 46m, 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 Samsun to Izmir?
The cheapest fare from Samsun to Izmir is €75.07, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €120.50. 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 Samsun to Izmir?
The cheapest way from Samsun to Izmir is by flight, at €80.38 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 4h 44m 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 Samsun to Izmir?
Fares from Samsun to Izmir bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €66.81. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 140 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Samsun to Izmir?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Samsun to Izmir, at €80.38. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Samsun to Izmir?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Samsun to Izmir, at €60.32 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 Samsun to Izmir?
2 operators sell services from Samsun to Izmir across 1 mode: Pegasus Airlines, SunExpress. 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 Samsun to Izmir?
60 percent of the services we sell from Samsun to Izmir are direct. The rest connect at Ankara, Antalya, Tokat, Istanbul, with about 46 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 Samsun to Izmir use?
Services from Samsun to Izmir by flight leave from Samsun SZF and arrive at İzmir ADB. 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 Samsun to Izmir?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Samsun to Izmir 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 Samsun to Izmir on 14 September 2026: 872 km of route against 847 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €75.07, and 4h 40m 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 Izmir a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Izmir and across Türkiye
Day trips that leave Izmir in the morning and cover a good part of Türkiye by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Samsun reaches 21 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 71 to 2,504 km. Izmir reaches 144 places in 36 countries, from 45 to 4,524 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Samsun
- 21Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Izmir
Leaving Izmir
- 144Places you can leave for
- 36Countries
- 32Operators