Cheapest€47.48
- BlaBlaCar BB272206:1414h 10m20:24Koln Breslauer PlatzRoma Tiburtina
Door to door 14h 54mCO2 29.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Cologne to Rome bus
Buses from Cologne to Rome start at €57.38 and take 14h 54m at their fastest.
The Buses from Cologne to Rome starts at €57.38 and takes 14h 54m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,091 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 14h 54mDoor to door
- 14h 10mMoving
- €57.38From
- 29.5 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 | €47.48 | 14h 53m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The bus gets you into Rome. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Rome for the night the bus gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Cologne to Rome
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €46.9390 days
- €43.6360 days
- €46.3845 days
- €52.9830 days
- €47.4821 days
- €60.1314 days
- €74.437 days
- €111.283 days
- €103.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 155 percent. The most expensive point is €111.28, 3 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.
- €71.68Sun
- €57.38Mon
- €60.13Tue
- €62.88Wed
- €73.33Thu
- €67.28Fri
- €68.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Köln
Bus
- Koln Breslauer Platz
- Wahn S-Bahn
Rome
Bus
- Roma Tiburtina
- Lenin
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 1,091 km against 1,091 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 Cologne at 06:14 and the last at 20:33, across 9 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 | 1h 50m | 3h 10m | €110.47 | 276.5 kg | 12 |
| Train | 8h 18m | 7h 34m | 44m | €140.04 | 36.0 kg | 9 |
| Coach | 14h 54m | 14h 10m | 44m | €57.38 | 29.5 kg | 9 |
Questions about Cologne to Rome
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 Cologne to Rome take?
The Coach from Cologne to Rome takes 14h 54m door to door, of which 14h 10m is spent moving. The route runs 1,091 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 Cologne to Rome cost?
The Coach from Cologne to Rome starts at €57.38 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €56.83. 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 Cologne to Rome?
1 operators run the Coach from Cologne to Rome: BlaBlaCar. Between them they file around 9 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 Cologne to Rome use?
The Coach from Cologne to Rome leaves from Koln Breslauer Platz and arrives at Roma Tiburtina. 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 Cologne to Rome?
Traveling from Cologne to Rome by Flight costs €110.47 and takes 5h door to door, against 14h 54m 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 Cologne to Rome?
Fares for the Coach from Cologne to Rome bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €43.63. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 155 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Cologne to Rome produce?
The Coach from Cologne to Rome produces about 29.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1091 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 Cologne to Rome?
Operators on the Coach from Cologne to Rome publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 14h 54m 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 Cologne to Rome on September 8, 2026: 1091 km of route against 1091 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €57.38, and 14h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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