Cheapest€10.08
- BlaBlaCar BB971006:142h 27m08:41Palermo AutostazioneCatania Autostazione
Door to door 3h 11mCO2 4.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Palermo to Catania bus
Buses from Palermo to Catania start at €12.28 and take 3h 11m at their fastest.
The Buses from Palermo to Catania starts at €12.28 and takes 3h 11m door to door, run by 1 operator over 165 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 3h 11mDoor to door
- 2h 27mMoving
- €12.28From
- 4.5 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 | €10.08 | 2h 59m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
The trip ends at Catania Centrale. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Catania for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Palermo to Catania
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €10.0890 days
- €10.0760 days
- €11.8945 days
- €11.7330 days
- €10.6321 days
- €12.4414 days
- €14.487 days
- €17.783 days
- €25.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 153 percent. The most expensive point is €25.48, 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.
- €16.13Sun
- €13.38Mon
- €12.28Tue
- €12.44Wed
- €17.23Thu
- €13.93Fri
- €16.68Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Palermo
Bus
- Palermo Autostazione
- Autostazione di Palermo - Piazza Cairoli
Catania
Bus
- Catania Autostazione
- Catania
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
- 56% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 44% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 165 km against 165 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Porto Empedocle, Siracusa, Caltanissetta, Gela. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Palermo at 06:14 and the last at 06:14, across 1 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 | 1h 56m | 1h 12m | 44m | €23.44 | 5.4 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 3h 11m | 2h 27m | 44m | €12.28 | 4.5 kg | 1 |
| Flight | 3h 48m | 38m | 3h 10m | €31.41 | 41.8 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 6h 40m | 5h 10m | 1h 30m | €12.44 | 19.0 kg | 2 |
Questions about Palermo to Catania
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 Palermo to Catania take?
The Coach from Palermo to Catania takes 3h 11m door to door, of which 2h 27m is spent moving. The route runs 165 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 Palermo to Catania cost?
The Coach from Palermo to Catania starts at €12.28 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €10.08. 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 Palermo to Catania?
1 operators run the Coach from Palermo to Catania: BlaBlaCar. Between them they file around 1 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 Palermo to Catania use?
The Coach from Palermo to Catania leaves from Palermo Autostazione and arrives at Catania Autostazione. 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 Palermo to Catania?
Traveling from Palermo to Catania by Train costs €23.44 and takes 1h 56m door to door, against 3h 11m 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 Palermo to Catania?
Fares for the Coach from Palermo to Catania bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 153 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Palermo to Catania produce?
The Coach from Palermo to Catania produces about 4.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 165 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 Palermo to Catania?
Operators on the Coach from Palermo to Catania publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 11m 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 Palermo to Catania on September 9, 2026: 165 km of route against 165 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €12.28, and 3h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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