Cheapest€33.18
- FlixBus FB175406:5010h 19m17:09Dortmund ZOBWien Erdberg
Door to door 11h 3mCO2 19.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Dortmund to Vienna bus
Buses from Dortmund to Vienna start at €43.63 and take 11h 3m at their fastest.
The Buses from Dortmund to Vienna starts at €43.63 and takes 11h 3m door to door, run by 1 operator over 736 km, with around 4 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 11h 3mDoor to door
- 10h 19mMoving
- €43.63From
- 19.9 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 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 | €33.18 | 10h 23m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Vienna. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Vienna
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When to book Dortmund to Vienna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €33.7390 days
- €28.7860 days
- €34.8345 days
- €34.8330 days
- €47.4821 days
- €55.1814 days
- €57.937 days
- €60.683 days
- €78.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 174 percent. The most expensive point is €78.83, 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.
- €49.13Sun
- €43.63Mon
- €44.73Tue
- €46.93Wed
- €55.18Thu
- €57.38Fri
- €52.43Sat
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
Vienna
Bus
- Wien Erdberg
- Vienna International Busterminal
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
- 64% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 36% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 736 km against 736 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 Prague, Frankfurt am Main, Nuremberg, Leipzig. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 Dortmund at 06:50 and the last at 17:03, across 4 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 36m | 1h 26m | 3h 10m | €80.97 | 186.5 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 11h 3m | 10h 19m | 44m | €43.63 | 19.9 kg | 4 |
Questions about Dortmund to Vienna
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 Vienna take?
The Coach from Dortmund to Vienna takes 11h 3m door to door, of which 10h 19m is spent moving. The route runs 736 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 Vienna cost?
The Coach from Dortmund to Vienna starts at €43.63 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €34.83. 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 Vienna?
1 operators run the Coach from Dortmund to Vienna: FlixBus. Between them they file around 4 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 Vienna use?
The Coach from Dortmund to Vienna leaves from Dortmund ZOB and arrives at Wien Erdberg. 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 Vienna?
Traveling from Dortmund to Vienna by Flight costs €80.97 and takes 4h 36m door to door, against 11h 3m 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 Vienna?
Fares for the Coach from Dortmund to Vienna bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €28.78. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 174 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Dortmund to Vienna produce?
The Coach from Dortmund to Vienna produces about 19.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 736 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 Vienna?
Operators on the Coach from Dortmund to Vienna publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 11h 3m 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 Dortmund to Vienna on September 10, 2026: 736 km of route against 736 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €43.63, and 11h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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