Fastest€23.44
- DSB DS955606:541h 8m08:02Kobenhavn HovedbanegardAarhus Hovedbanegard
Door to door 1h 52mCO2 5.1 kgChanges 0Refundable
Copenhagen to Aarhus train
Trains from Copenhagen to Aarhus start at €18.49 and take 1h 52m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Copenhagen to Aarhus on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Copenhagen to Aarhus starts at €18.49 and takes 1h 52m door to door, run by 1 operator over 156 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 1h 52mDoor to door
- 1h 8mMoving
- €18.49 to €39.39From
- 06:54 to 18:13First and last departure
- 8Per day
- 5.1 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€18.49 to €39.39 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €35.54Tue15
- about €35.54Wed16
- about €39.39Thu17
- about €33.34Fri18
- about €34.44Sat19
- about €30.59Sun20
- about €22.34Mon21
- about €25.09Tue22
- about €25.64Wed23
- about €28.39Thu24
- about €33.34Fri25
- about €27.29Sat26
- about €24.54Sun27
- about €18.49Mon28
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 cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026
Train operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DSB | €17.39 | 1h 52m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power sockets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Aarhus. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Aarhus for the night the train gets in
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When to book Copenhagen to Aarhus
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
- €10.0814 days
- €11.737 days
- €16.683 days
- €15.031 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 66 percent. The dearest point is €16.68, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €12.83Sun
- €10.08Mon
- €11.18Tue
- €12.28Wed
- €13.38Thu
- €14.48Fri
- €12.83Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Copenhagen
Rail
- Kobenhavn Hovedbanegard
- Copenhagen South Station
- Copenhagen Airport Station
Århus
Rail
- Aarhus Hovedbanegard
- Århus Havnestation
- Aarhus Godsbanegård
What the journey actually looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 156 km against 156 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Odense, Hedensted, Silkeborg, Fredericia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 83 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Copenhagen at 06:54 and the last at 18:13, across 8 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 1h 52m | 1h 8m | 44m | €18.49 | 5.1 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 2h 53m | 2h 9m | 44m | €10.08 | 4.2 kg | 4 |
| Flight | 3h 47m | 37m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 39.6 kg | 6 |
Questions about Copenhagen to Aarhus
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 the Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus take?
The Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus takes 1h 52m door to door, of which 1h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 156 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus cost?
The Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus starts at €18.49 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €30.04. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus?
1 operators run the Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus: DSB. Between them they file around 8 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus use?
The Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus leaves from Kobenhavn Hovedbanegard and arrives at Aarhus Hovedbanegard. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Copenhagen to Aarhus?
Travelling from Copenhagen to Aarhus by Coach costs €10.08 and takes 2h 53m door to door, against 1h 52m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus?
Fares for the Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 66 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus produce?
The Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus produces about 5.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 156 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus?
Operators on the Train from Copenhagen to Aarhus publish Power sockets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 1h 52m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Copenhagen to Aarhus on 14 September 2026: 156 km of route against 156 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €18.49, and 1h 52m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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