George Town, Penang, Malaysia

Yogyakarta to George Town

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Yogyakarta to George Town. From €167.54, fastest 7h 44m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Yogyakarta to George Town runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €167.54 and €180.09, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 44m over 1,917 km, on services run by 5 operators across 2 modes.

Checked 23 September 2026Priced for 12 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 12 October 2026

€167.54 to €180.09

  • 162%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Yogyakarta

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €418.45Thu24
  2. about €360.04Fri25
  3. about €313.43Sat26
  4. about €323.74Sun27
  5. about €261.04Mon28
  6. about €248.94Tue29
  7. about €233.78Wed30
  8. about €265.44Thu1
  9. about €262.14Fri2
  10. about €220.80Sat3
  11. about €241.45Sun4
  12. about €202.51Mon5
  13. about €204.87Tue6
  14. about €185.40Wed7
  15. about €193.66Thu8
  16. about €177.73Fri9
  17. about €191.30Sat10
  18. about €190.12Sun11
  19. about €167.54Mon12
  20. about €168.64Tue13
  21. about €171.83Wed14

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into George Town. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in George Town for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Komtar station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Yogyakarta to George Town

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €159.4490 days
  2. €168.2960 days
  3. €168.0945 days
  4. €168.8830 days
  5. €171.8321 days
  6. €185.4014 days
  7. €233.787 days
  8. €313.433 days
  9. €418.451 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €159.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 162 percent. The dearest point is €418.45, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€418.45€159.44137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Yogyakarta to George Town and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

1,917 km

1,843 km as the crow flies, 4% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

375,699158,336

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

IndiaIndonesiaCambodiaIndian OceanHo Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh CityJakartaJakartaBangkokBangkokChennaiChennaiSurabayaSurabayaCoimbatoreCoimbatoreDavao CityDavao CityMakassarMakassarTirunelveliTirunelveliBudtaBudtaPekanbaruPekanbaruCebu CityCebu CityPadangPadangMysuruMysuruSamarindaSamarindaKanayannurKanayannurYogyakartaYogyakartaGeorge TownGeorge TownMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

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
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,917 km against 1,843 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 5 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 PEN into George Town is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in George Town

Settled in advance, so the ride into George Town 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 lockers

Left luggage near Komtar station

Most of the points near Komtar station open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Yogyakarta to George Town

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 Yogyakarta to George Town?

The fastest journey from Yogyakarta to George Town takes 7h 44m door to door, of which 3h 27m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 19m, 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 Yogyakarta to George Town?

The cheapest fare from Yogyakarta to George Town is €167.54, as of 23 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €241.45. 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 Yogyakarta to George Town?

The cheapest way from Yogyakarta to George Town is by train, at €167.54 for one passenger on 12 October 2026. That journey takes 8h 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.

What is the fastest way to get from Yogyakarta to George Town?

The fastest way from Yogyakarta to George Town is by flight, at 7h 57m door to door. Only 3h 27m of that is spent moving; the remaining 4h 30m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €180.09.

When should I book Yogyakarta to George Town?

Fares from Yogyakarta to George Town bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €159.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 162 percent, measured on 23 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Yogyakarta to George Town?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Yogyakarta to George Town, at €185.40. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 23 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Yogyakarta to George Town?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Yogyakarta to George Town, at €137.84 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 Yogyakarta to George Town?

5 operators sell services from Yogyakarta to George Town across 2 modes: AirAsia, Batik Air, Garuda Indonesia, Jetstar Asia Airways, KAI. 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 Yogyakarta to George Town?

0 percent of the services we sell from Yogyakarta to George Town are direct. The rest connect at Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, with about 80 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 Yogyakarta to George Town produce?

Travelling from Yogyakarta to George Town by train produces about 332.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 397.1 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Yogyakarta to George Town use?

Services from Yogyakarta to George Town by flight leave from Adisutjipto International Airport JOG and arrive at Penang International Airport PEN. 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 Yogyakarta to George Town?

1 of the 5 operators we sell from Yogyakarta to George Town 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Yogyakarta to George Town on 23 September 2026: 1917 km of route against 1843 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €167.54, and 7h 44m 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 George Town a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of George Town and across Malaysia

Day trips that leave George Town in the morning and cover a good part of Malaysia by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Yogyakarta reaches 86 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 29 to 4,149 km. George Town reaches 85 places in 16 countries, from 31 to 9,899 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Yogyakarta

  • 86Places you can leave for
  • 5Countries
  • 12Operators

Arriving in George Town

Leaving George Town

  • 85Places you can leave for
  • 16Countries
  • 24Operators

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