Sarajevo to Banja Luka runs about 12 times a day, with the first departure around 06:15 and the last around 14:28. One passenger pays between €10.07 and €11.18, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 53m over 159 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€10.07 to €11.18
- 115%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Sarajevo
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.
- 06:15First departure
- 14:28Last departure
- 12Services per day
- 67%Run direct
Babić runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Sarajevo to Banja Luka 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 €17.78Tue15
- about €16.13Wed16
- about €21.63Thu17
- about €16.13Fri18
- about €15.58Sat19
- about €14.48Sun20
- about €12.83Mon21
- about €11.18Tue22
- about €12.28Wed23
- about €13.93Thu24
- about €13.38Fri25
- about €12.83Sat26
- about €12.83Sun27
- about €11.18Mon28
- about €10.07Tue29
- about €10.08Wed30
- about €11.18Thu1
- about €11.18Fri2
- about €11.73Sat3
- about €10.08Sun4
- about €10.07Mon5
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 coach gets you into Banja Luka. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Banja Luka for the night the coach gets in
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When to book Sarajevo to Banja Luka
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.6390 days
- €10.0760 days
- €10.0845 days
- €10.0730 days
- €10.0721 days
- €11.1814 days
- €12.837 days
- €21.633 days
- €17.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 115 percent. The dearest point is €21.63, 3 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Sarajevo to Banja Luka 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
159 km
138 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
696,731 → 221,106
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 actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 159 km against 138 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bugojno, Slavonski Brod, Tuzla, Zenica. The gap between arriving and leaving is 51 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 BNX into Banja Luka is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Banja Luka
Settled in advance, so the ride into Banja Luka costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The coach gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Banja Luka
Most of the points near Banja Luka open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Sarajevo to Banja Luka
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 Sarajevo to Banja Luka?
The fastest journey from Sarajevo to Banja Luka takes 2h 53m door to door, of which 2h 10m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 3h 3m, 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 Sarajevo to Banja Luka?
The cheapest fare from Sarajevo to Banja Luka is €10.07, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €14.48. 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 Sarajevo to Banja Luka?
The cheapest way from Sarajevo to Banja Luka is by coach, at €11.18 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 2h 54m 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 Sarajevo to Banja Luka?
Fares from Sarajevo to Banja Luka bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €10.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 115 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 Sarajevo to Banja Luka?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Sarajevo to Banja Luka, at €11.18. 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 Sarajevo to Banja Luka?
November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sarajevo to Banja Luka, at €10.07 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 Sarajevo to Banja Luka?
4 operators sell services from Sarajevo to Banja Luka across 1 mode: Babić, Centrotrans, FlixBus, Livnobus. 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 Sarajevo to Banja Luka?
67 percent of the services we sell from Sarajevo to Banja Luka are direct. The rest connect at Bugojno, Slavonski Brod, Tuzla, Zenica, with about 51 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 Sarajevo to Banja Luka use?
Services from Sarajevo to Banja Luka by coach leave from Sarajevo Autobuska stanica and arrive at Bus station Banja Luka. 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 Sarajevo to Banja Luka?
4 of the 4 operators we sell from Sarajevo to Banja Luka 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 Sarajevo to Banja Luka on 14 September 2026: 159 km of route against 138 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 2h 53m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The coach is the simple part. What you do once you are in Banja Luka is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Banja Luka and across Bosnia & Herzegovina
Day trips that leave Banja Luka in the morning and cover a good part of Bosnia & Herzegovina by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Sarajevo reaches 96 places in 26 countries on services we hold, over distances from 53 to 4,276 km. Banja Luka reaches 70 places in 16 countries, from 77 to 1,619 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sarajevo
- 96Places you can leave for
- 26Countries
- 31Operators
Arriving in Banja Luka
Leaving Banja Luka
- 70Places you can leave for
- 16Countries
- 9Operators