Cheapest€22.18
- NVBW NV732411:556h 15m18:10Munchen ZOB HackerbruckeDortmund ZOB
Door to door 6h 59mCO2 12.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Munich to Dortmund bus
Buses from Munich to Dortmund start at €23.83 and take 6h 59m at their fastest.
The Buses from Munich to Dortmund starts at €23.83 and takes 6h 59m door to door, run by 5 operators over 477 km, with around 30 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 59mDoor to door
- 6h 15mMoving
- €23.83From
- 12.9 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 |
|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €23.28 | 6h 58m |
 bodo Verkehrsverbund | €23.28 | 6h 58m |
 FlixBus | €23.28 | 6h 58m |
 NVBW | €22.18 | 6h 59m |
 VPE | €22.73 | 6h 58m |
The trip ends at Dortmund Hauptbahnhof. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Where to stay in Dortmund
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When to book Munich to Dortmund
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.6390 days
- €19.9860 days
- €22.7345 days
- €22.1830 days
- €23.2821 days
- €23.8314 days
- €27.137 days
- €39.233 days
- €50.231 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 151 percent. The most expensive point is €50.23, 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.
- €29.88Sun
- €26.58Mon
- €26.03Tue
- €23.83Wed
- €34.83Thu
- €31.53Fri
- €32.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Munich
Bus
- Munchen ZOB Hackerbrucke
- Central bus station Munich
Dortmund
Bus
- Dortmund ZOB
- DO-Lütgendortmund
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 477 km against 477 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Munich at 06:02 and the last at 20:08, across 30 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 | 4h 1m | 3h 17m | 44m | €53.69 | 15.7 kg | 30 |
| Flight | 4h 12m | 1h 2m | 3h 10m | €54.42 | 121.0 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 6h 59m | 6h 15m | 44m | €23.83 | 12.9 kg | 30 |
Questions about Munich to Dortmund
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 Munich to Dortmund take?
The Coach from Munich to Dortmund takes 6h 59m door to door, of which 6h 15m is spent moving. The route runs 477 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 Munich to Dortmund cost?
The Coach from Munich to Dortmund starts at €23.83 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €27.13. 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 Munich to Dortmund?
5 operators run the Coach from Munich to Dortmund: BlaBlaCar, bodo Verkehrsverbund, FlixBus, NVBW, VPE. Between them they file around 30 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 Munich to Dortmund use?
The Coach from Munich to Dortmund leaves from Munchen ZOB Hackerbrucke and arrives at Dortmund 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 Munich to Dortmund?
Traveling from Munich to Dortmund by Train costs €53.69 and takes 4h 1m door to door, against 6h 59m 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 Munich to Dortmund?
Fares for the Coach from Munich to Dortmund bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €19.98. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 151 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Munich to Dortmund produce?
The Coach from Munich to Dortmund produces about 12.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 477 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 Munich to Dortmund?
Operators on the Coach from Munich to Dortmund publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 5 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 59m 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 Munich to Dortmund on September 9, 2026: 477 km of route against 477 km in a straight line, 30 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €23.83, and 6h 59m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Things to do in Dortmund
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