Düsseldorf to Hamburg bus

Buses from Düsseldorf to Hamburg start at €19.98 and take 5h 21m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Düsseldorf to Hamburg starts at €19.98 and takes 5h 21m door to door, run by 3 operators over 338 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 21mDoor to door
  • 4h 37mMoving
  • €19.98From
  • 9.1 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€16.68
  1. NVBW NV388116:524h 37m21:29Dusseldorf Zentraler BusbahnhofHamburg ZOB

Door to door 5h 21mCO2 9.1 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
BlaBlaCar€17.23
FlixBus€17.78
NVBW€16.68
  • BlaBlaCar
  • FlixBus
  • NVBW

The bus gets you into Hamburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Hamburg Hauptbahnhof

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Booking window

When to book Düsseldorf to Hamburg

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

  1. €18.8890 days
  2. €14.4860 days
  3. €13.9345 days
  4. €15.0330 days
  5. €19.4321 days
  6. €20.5314 days
  7. €23.837 days
  8. €23.833 days
  9. €33.181 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 138 percent. The most expensive point is €33.18, 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.
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. €23.28Sun
  2. €19.98Mon
  3. €19.98Tue
  4. €21.08Wed
  5. €26.03Thu
  6. €23.28Fri
  7. €20.53Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Düsseldorf

Bus
  • Dusseldorf Zentraler Busbahnhof
  • Fernbusbahnhof Düsseldorf

Hamburg

Bus
  • Hamburg ZOB
  • Bus Port Hamburg
The journey

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 338 km against 338 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Düsseldorf at 06:02 and the last at 20:07, across 18 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

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 endsFromCO2Per day
Train3h 5m2h 21m44m€43.2411.2 kg18
Flight4h 2m52m3h 10m€42.0385.9 kg8
Coach5h 21m4h 37m44m€19.989.1 kg18

Questions about Düsseldorf to Hamburg

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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg take?

The Coach from Düsseldorf to Hamburg takes 5h 21m door to door, of which 4h 37m is spent moving. The route runs 338 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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg cost?

The Coach from Düsseldorf to Hamburg starts at €19.98 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €20.53. 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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg?

3 operators run the Coach from Düsseldorf to Hamburg: BlaBlaCar, FlixBus, NVBW. Between them they file around 18 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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg use?

The Coach from Düsseldorf to Hamburg leaves from Dusseldorf Zentraler Busbahnhof and arrives at Hamburg 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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg?

Traveling from Düsseldorf to Hamburg by Train costs €43.24 and takes 3h 5m door to door, against 5h 21m 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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg?

Fares for the Coach from Düsseldorf to Hamburg bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €13.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 138 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Düsseldorf to Hamburg produce?

The Coach from Düsseldorf to Hamburg produces about 9.1 kg of CO2 per passenger over 338 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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg?

Operators on the Coach from Düsseldorf to Hamburg publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 21m 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 Düsseldorf to Hamburg on September 12, 2026: 338 km of route against 338 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €19.98, and 5h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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