Cheapest€18.88
- BlaBlaCar BB963114:415h 12m19:53Dortmund ZOBStuttgart SAB
Door to door 5h 56mCO2 10.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Dortmund to Stuttgart bus
Buses from Dortmund to Stuttgart start at €21.08 and take 5h 45m at their fastest.
The Buses from Dortmund to Stuttgart starts at €21.08 and takes 5h 45m door to door, run by 5 operators over 376 km, with around 20 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 45mDoor to door
- 5h 1mMoving
- €21.08From
- 10.2 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 |
|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €18.88 | 5h 41m |
 bodo Verkehrsverbund | €19.43 | 5h 40m |
 FlixBus | €19.43 | 5h 40m |
 NVBW | €19.43 | 5h 42m |
 VPE | €19.43 | 5h 41m |
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When to book Dortmund to Stuttgart
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €17.7890 days
- €16.6860 days
- €18.3345 days
- €17.7830 days
- €19.9821 days
- €22.1814 days
- €28.787 days
- €41.433 days
- €46.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.68.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 181 percent. The most expensive point is €46.93, 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.
- €24.38Sun
- €22.18Mon
- €21.08Tue
- €22.18Wed
- €27.68Thu
- €25.48Fri
- €26.03Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Dortmund
Bus
- Dortmund ZOB
- DO-Lütgendortmund
Stuttgart
Bus
- Stuttgart SAB
- Stuttgart-Airport-Busterminal
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 376 km against 327 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Dortmund at 06:12 and the last at 18:54, across 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 3h 21m | 2h 37m | 44m | €47.09 | 12.4 kg | 20 |
| Coach | 5h 45m | 5h 1m | 44m | €21.08 | 10.2 kg | 20 |
Questions about Dortmund to Stuttgart
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 Dortmund to Stuttgart take?
The Coach from Dortmund to Stuttgart takes 5h 45m door to door, of which 5h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 376 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 Dortmund to Stuttgart cost?
The Coach from Dortmund to Stuttgart starts at €21.08 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €21.63. 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 Dortmund to Stuttgart?
5 operators run the Coach from Dortmund to Stuttgart: BlaBlaCar, bodo Verkehrsverbund, FlixBus, NVBW, VPE. Between them they file around 20 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 Dortmund to Stuttgart use?
The Coach from Dortmund to Stuttgart leaves from Dortmund ZOB and arrives at Stuttgart SAB. 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 Dortmund to Stuttgart?
Traveling from Dortmund to Stuttgart by Train costs €47.09 and takes 3h 21m door to door, against 5h 45m 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 Dortmund to Stuttgart?
Fares for the Coach from Dortmund to Stuttgart bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €16.68. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 181 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Dortmund to Stuttgart produce?
The Coach from Dortmund to Stuttgart produces about 10.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 376 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 Dortmund to Stuttgart?
Operators on the Coach from Dortmund to Stuttgart publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 45m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Dortmund to Stuttgart on September 9, 2026: 376 km of route against 327 km in a straight line, 20 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €21.08, and 5h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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