Marseille to Nice bus

Buses from Marseille to Nice start at €11.18 and take 2h 55m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Marseille to Nice starts at €11.18 and takes 2h 55m door to door, run by 5 operators over 159 km, with around 15 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 8, 2026Priced for September 23, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 55mDoor to door
  • 2h 11mMoving
  • €11.18From
  • 4.3 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 23, 2026

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

Cheapest€10.08
  1. Région Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur RP454511:462h 13m13:59Marseille Saint CharlesNice Saint Augustin

Door to door 2h 57mCO2 4.3 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.
OperatorFastest
BlaBlaCar2h 53m
FlixBus2h 53m
Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence2h 53m
Région Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur2h 53m
TER Pays de la Loire2h 54m

The trip ends at Nice Ville. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Nice 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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Booking window

When to book Marseille to Nice

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

  1. €10.0790 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.6330 days
  5. €10.0821 days
  6. €11.1814 days
  7. €12.837 days
  8. €19.983 days
  9. €18.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 98 percent. The most expensive point is €19.98, 3 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. €12.28Sun
  2. €11.73Mon
  3. €11.18Tue
  4. €11.18Wed
  5. €13.38Thu
  6. €12.83Fri
  7. €12.83Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Marseille

Bus
  • Marseille Saint Charles
  • Gare Routière Marseille-Saint-Charles

Nice

Bus
  • Nice Saint Augustin
  • Nice - Gare Routière Vauban
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 159 km against 159 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 Marseille at 06:31 and the last at 17:06, across 15 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
Train1h 55m1h 11m44m€22.895.2 kg3
Coach2h 55m2h 11m44m€11.184.3 kg15
Flight3h 48m38m3h 10m€31.4140.1 kg4
Ferry6h 24m4h 54m1h 30m€12.4418.3 kg6

Questions about Marseille to Nice

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 Marseille to Nice take?

The Coach from Marseille to Nice takes 2h 55m door to door, of which 2h 11m is spent moving. The route runs 159 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 Marseille to Nice cost?

The Coach from Marseille to Nice starts at €11.18 for one passenger, checked on September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €11.18. 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 Marseille to Nice?

5 operators run the Coach from Marseille to Nice: BlaBlaCar, FlixBus, Métropole d'Aix-Marseille-Provence, Région Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur, TER Pays de la Loire. Between them they file around 15 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 Marseille to Nice use?

The Coach from Marseille to Nice leaves from Marseille Saint Charles and arrives at Nice Saint Augustin. 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 Marseille to Nice?

Traveling from Marseille to Nice by Train costs €22.89 and takes 1h 55m door to door, against 2h 55m 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 Marseille to Nice?

Fares for the Coach from Marseille to Nice bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 98 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Marseille to Nice produce?

The Coach from Marseille to Nice produces about 4.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 159 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 Marseille to Nice?

Operators on the Coach from Marseille to Nice publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 55m 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 Marseille to Nice on September 8, 2026: 159 km of route against 159 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.18, and 2h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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