Cheapest€24.93
- FlixBus FB789006:317h 26m13:57Ankara ASTIMalatya Otogar
Door to door 8h 10mCO2 13.6 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ankara to Malatya bus
Buses from Ankara to Malatya start at €29.88 and take 8h 10m at their fastest.
The Buses from Ankara to Malatya starts at €29.88 and takes 8h 10m door to door, run by 1 operator over 502 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 8h 10mDoor to door
- 7h 26mMoving
- €29.88From
- 13.6 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €24.93 | 7h 20m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Malatya Gar. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Malatya for the night the bus gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Ankara to Malatya
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €29.3390 days
- €21.6360 days
- €27.1345 days
- €23.2830 days
- €24.9321 days
- €30.4314 days
- €29.887 days
- €43.083 days
- €76.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 252 percent. The most expensive point is €76.08, 1 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.
- €37.03Sun
- €32.63Mon
- €30.98Tue
- €29.88Wed
- €49.68Thu
- €44.73Fri
- €37.58Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Ankara
Bus
- Ankara ASTI
- Ankara Intercity Bus Station
Malatya
Bus
- Malatya Otogar
- Malatya bus terminal
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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 502 km against 502 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 Kırşehir, Kayseri, Kırıkkale, Yozgat. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 Ankara at 06:31 and the last at 06:31, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 19m | 1h 9m | 3h 10m | €57.96 | 127.2 kg | 1 |
| Train | 4h 28m | 3h 44m | 44m | €72.94 | 16.6 kg | 5 |
| Coach | 8h 10m | 7h 26m | 44m | €29.88 | 13.6 kg | 1 |
Questions about Ankara to Malatya
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Coach from Ankara to Malatya take?
The Coach from Ankara to Malatya takes 8h 10m door to door, of which 7h 26m is spent moving. The route runs 502 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 Coach from Ankara to Malatya cost?
The Coach from Ankara to Malatya starts at €29.88 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €24.93. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Ankara to Malatya?
1 operators run the Coach from Ankara to Malatya: FlixBus. Between them they file around 1 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 Coach from Ankara to Malatya use?
The Coach from Ankara to Malatya leaves from Ankara ASTI and arrives at Malatya Otogar. 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 Coach the best way from Ankara to Malatya?
Traveling from Ankara to Malatya by Flight costs €57.96 and takes 4h 19m door to door, against 8h 10m by Coach. 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 Coach from Ankara to Malatya?
Fares for the Coach from Ankara to Malatya bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 252 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Ankara to Malatya produce?
The Coach from Ankara to Malatya produces about 13.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 502 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Ankara to Malatya?
Operators on the Coach from Ankara to Malatya publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 10m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Ankara to Malatya on September 9, 2026: 502 km of route against 502 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €29.88, and 8h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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