Cheapest€52.98
- BlaBlaCar BB785917:2116h 31m09:52Barcelona NordDortmund ZOB
Door to door 17h 15mCO2 32.3 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Barcelona to Dortmund bus
Buses from Barcelona to Dortmund start at €61.78 and take 16h 52m at their fastest.
The Buses from Barcelona to Dortmund starts at €61.78 and takes 16h 52m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,196 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 16h 52mDoor to door
- 16h 8mMoving
- €61.78From
- 32.3 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €52.98 | 16h 15m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Dortmund Hauptbahnhof. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Where to stay in Dortmund
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When to book Barcelona to Dortmund
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €71.1390 days
- €43.6360 days
- €41.4345 days
- €56.8330 days
- €56.8321 days
- €61.7814 days
- €85.987 days
- €74.433 days
- €120.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €41.43.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 190 percent. The most expensive point is €120.08, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €69.48Sun
- €67.83Mon
- €62.33Tue
- €78.28Wed
- €82.68Thu
- €61.78Fri
- €81.58Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Barcelona
Bus
- Barcelona Nord
- Estació d'Autobusos Barcelona Nord
Dortmund
Bus
- Dortmund ZOB
- DO-Lütgendortmund
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
- 75% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 25% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,196 km against 1,196 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 Duisburg, Köln, Düsseldorf, Lyon. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Barcelona at 06:14 and the last at 17:21, across 3 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 | 5h 13m | 2h 3m | 3h 10m | €122.86 | 303.1 kg | 9 |
| Train | 9h 23m | 8h 39m | 44m | €157.09 | 39.5 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 16h 52m | 16h 8m | 44m | €61.78 | 32.3 kg | 3 |
Questions about Barcelona to Dortmund
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 Barcelona to Dortmund take?
The Coach from Barcelona to Dortmund takes 16h 52m door to door, of which 16h 8m is spent moving. The route runs 1,196 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 Barcelona to Dortmund cost?
The Coach from Barcelona to Dortmund starts at €61.78 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €63.98. 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 Barcelona to Dortmund?
1 operators run the Coach from Barcelona to Dortmund: BlaBlaCar. Between them they file around 3 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 Barcelona to Dortmund use?
The Coach from Barcelona to Dortmund leaves from Barcelona Nord and arrives at Dortmund ZOB. 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 Barcelona to Dortmund?
Traveling from Barcelona to Dortmund by Flight costs €122.86 and takes 5h 13m door to door, against 16h 52m 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 Barcelona to Dortmund?
Fares for the Coach from Barcelona to Dortmund bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €41.43. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 190 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Barcelona to Dortmund produce?
The Coach from Barcelona to Dortmund produces about 32.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1196 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 Barcelona to Dortmund?
Operators on the Coach from Barcelona to Dortmund publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 16h 52m 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 Barcelona to Dortmund on September 11, 2026: 1196 km of route against 1196 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €61.78, and 16h 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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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Dortmund is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Dortmund
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