Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao runs about 15 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 19:34. One passenger pays between €41.44 and €44.89, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 52m over 468 km, on services run by 4 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€41.44 to €44.89
- 144%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Santiago de Compostela
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.
- 06:27First departure
- 19:34Last departure
- 15Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao 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 €86.87Sun20
- about €78.02Mon21
- about €63.27Tue22
- about €66.81Wed23
- about €85.10Thu24
- about €79.79Fri25
- about €63.27Sat26
- about €60.91Sun27
- about €55.01Mon28
- about €56.78Tue29
- about €56.78Wed30
- about €64.45Thu1
- about €57.96Fri2
- about €52.65Sat3
- about €48.52Sun4
- about €42.62Mon5
- about €41.44Tue6
- about €44.39Wed7
- about €53.24Thu8
- about €54.42Fri9
- about €50.88Sat10
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 Bilbao. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bilbao for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €50.8890 days
- €37.3160 days
- €35.5445 days
- €37.9030 days
- €50.8821 days
- €52.6514 days
- €63.277 days
- €63.273 days
- €86.871 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €35.54.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 144 percent. The dearest point is €86.87, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao 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
468 km
458 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
99,536 → 347,342
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 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.
- 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 468 km against 458 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Mieres, Lugo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from BIO into Bilbao is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Bilbao
Settled in advance, so the ride into Bilbao 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 Bilbao Abando
Most of the points near Bilbao Abando open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao
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 Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao?
The fastest journey from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao takes 3h 52m door to door, of which 3h 8m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 11m, 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 Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao?
The cheapest fare from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao is €41.44, as of 19 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €70.55. 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 Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao?
The cheapest way from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao is by flight, at €41.44 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 11m 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 Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao?
The fastest way from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao is by train, at 3h 52m door to door. Only 3h 8m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €44.89.
When should I book Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao?
Fares from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €35.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 144 percent, measured on 19 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao?
Saturday is the cheapest day to depart from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao, at €52.65. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 19 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao, at €37.90 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 Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao?
No operator record names Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao directly. Air Nostrum, Iberia Airlines, Renfe, Vueling Airlines 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 Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao?
92 percent of the services we sell from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao are direct. The rest connect at Mieres, Lugo, with about 62 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 Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao produce?
Travelling from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao by train produces about 15.1 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 116.1 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao use?
Services from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao by train leave from Santiago de Compostela railway station and arrive at Bilbao Abando. 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 Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao?
1 of the 4 operators we sell from Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao 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 Santiago de Compostela to Bilbao on 19 September 2026: 468 km of route against 458 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €41.44, and 3h 52m 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 Bilbao a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Bilbao and across Spain
Day trips that leave Bilbao in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Santiago de Compostela reaches 48 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 2,745 km. Bilbao reaches 148 places in 24 countries, from 24 to 3,759 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Santiago de Compostela
- 48Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 15Operators
Arriving in Bilbao
Leaving Bilbao
- 148Places you can leave for
- 24Countries
- 44Operators