Rome to Frankfurt am Main bus

Buses from Rome to Frankfurt am Main start at €49.68 and take 13h 23m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Rome to Frankfurt am Main starts at €49.68 and takes 13h 23m door to door, run by 1 operator over 961 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 13h 23mDoor to door
  • 12h 39mMoving
  • €49.68 to €96.98From
  • 06:10 to 21:18First and last departure
  • 12Per day
  • 25.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€49.68 to €96.98 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €96.43Wed16
  2. about €96.98Thu17
  3. about €89.83Fri18
  4. about €80.48Sat19
  5. about €73.33Sun20
  6. about €60.68Mon21
  7. about €67.28Tue22
  8. about €55.18Wed23
  9. about €65.63Thu24
  10. about €59.58Fri25
  11. about €61.23Sat26
  12. about €57.93Sun27
  13. about €53.53Mon28
  14. about €49.68Tue29

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026

Cheapest€38.68
  1. BlaBlaCar BB975116:0612h 44m04:50Roma TiburtinaFrankfurt Sudbahnhof

Door to door 13h 28mCO2 25.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
BlaBlaCar€38.6813h 12m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • BlaBlaCar

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

A hotel room

A room in Frankfurt am Main for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Rome to Frankfurt am Main

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

  1. €40.3390 days
  2. €39.2360 days
  3. €40.3345 days
  4. €45.8330 days
  5. €40.8821 days
  6. €49.6814 days
  7. €67.287 days
  8. €89.833 days
  9. €96.431 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €39.23.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 146 percent. The most expensive point is €96.43, 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.
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. €57.93Sun
  2. €53.53Mon
  3. €49.68Tue
  4. €55.18Wed
  5. €65.63Thu
  6. €59.58Fri
  7. €61.23Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Rome

Bus
  • Roma Tiburtina
  • Lenin

Frankfurt am Main

Bus
  • Frankfurt Sudbahnhof
  • Südbahnhof
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 961 km against 961 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Rome at 06:10 and the last at 21:18, across 12 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

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
Flight4h 50m1h 40m3h 10m€98.08243.3 kg40
Train7h 24m6h 40m44m€118.0431.7 kg12
Coach13h 23m12h 39m44m€49.6825.9 kg12

Questions about Rome to Frankfurt am Main

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 Rome to Frankfurt am Main take?

The Coach from Rome to Frankfurt am Main takes 13h 23m door to door, of which 12h 39m is spent moving. The route runs 961 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 Rome to Frankfurt am Main cost?

The Coach from Rome to Frankfurt am Main starts at €49.68 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €45.28. 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 Rome to Frankfurt am Main?

1 operators run the Coach from Rome to Frankfurt am Main: BlaBlaCar. Between them they file around 12 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 Rome to Frankfurt am Main use?

The Coach from Rome to Frankfurt am Main leaves from Roma Tiburtina and arrives at Frankfurt Sudbahnhof. 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 Rome to Frankfurt am Main?

Traveling from Rome to Frankfurt am Main by Flight costs €98.08 and takes 4h 50m door to door, against 13h 23m 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 Rome to Frankfurt am Main?

Fares for the Coach from Rome to Frankfurt am Main bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €39.23. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 146 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Rome to Frankfurt am Main produce?

The Coach from Rome to Frankfurt am Main produces about 25.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 961 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 Rome to Frankfurt am Main?

Operators on the Coach from Rome to Frankfurt am Main publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 13h 23m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Rome to Frankfurt am Main on September 15, 2026: 961 km of route against 961 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €49.68, and 13h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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