Bialystok to Krakow bus

Buses from Bialystok to Krakow start at $42.05.

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Wawel in Kraków, Poland

The Buses from Bialystok to Krakow starts at $42.05, run by 3 operators over 455 km. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 20, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 7mDoor to door
  • 4h 39mMoving
  • $42.05 to $110.00From
  • 79.7 kgCO2

$42.05 to $110.00 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Bialystok and Krakow.

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about $93.62Wed7
  2. about $110.00Thu8
  3. about $79.06Fri9
  4. about $93.01Sat10
  5. about $69.96Sun11
  6. about $73.00Mon12
  7. about $48.73Tue13
  8. about $57.82Wed14
  9. about $69.35Thu15
  10. about $69.96Fri16
  11. about $67.53Sat17
  12. about $60.26Sun18
  13. about $62.08Mon19
  14. about $42.05Tue20

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

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
PKP140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
Wizz Air740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • FlixBus
  • PKP
  • Wizz Air

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

A hotel room

A room in Krakow for the night the bus gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Bialystok to Krakow

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

  1. $38.4290 days
  2. $65.1160 days
  3. $45.0945 days
  4. $54.7930 days
  5. $46.9121 days
  6. $42.0514 days
  7. $48.737 days
  8. $79.063 days
  9. $93.621 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $38.42.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 144 percent. The most expensive point is $93.62, 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.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. $60.26Sun
  2. $62.08Mon
  3. $46.91Tue
  4. $57.82Wed
  5. $69.35Thu
  6. $69.96Fri
  7. $67.53Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Białystok

Bus
  • Bus Station PKS Nova Białystok

Kraków

Bus
  • Krakow Dworzec Autobusowy
  • Pleszów
The journey

What the journey looks like

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 455 km against 408 km in a straight line, a detour of 49 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Vilnius, Kielce, Warsaw. 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.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2
Train6h 24m4h 46m1h 38m$56.1915.5 kg
Coach7h 7m4h 39m2h 28m$42.0579.7 kg

Questions about Bialystok to Krakow

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 Bialystok to Krakow take?

The Coach from Bialystok to Krakow covers 455 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does the Coach from Bialystok to Krakow cost?

The Coach from Bialystok to Krakow starts at $42.05 for one passenger, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare is $55.71. 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 Bialystok to Krakow?

3 operators run the Coach from Bialystok to Krakow: FlixBus, PKP, Wizz Air. The operator table on this page sets out fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Bialystok to Krakow use?

The Coach from Bialystok to Krakow leaves from Bus Station PKS Nova Białystok and arrives at Krakow Glowny. 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 Bialystok to Krakow?

The Coach is the cheapest way from Bialystok to Krakow, at $42.05, against 1 other modes that also run the corridor. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Bialystok to Krakow?

Fares for the Coach from Bialystok to Krakow bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $38.42. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 144 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Bialystok to Krakow produce?

The Coach from Bialystok to Krakow produces about 79.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 455 km, which works out at roughly 175 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 Bialystok to Krakow?

Operators on the Coach from Bialystok to Krakow publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets. 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 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 labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

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