Cheapest€20.53
- BlaBlaCar BB974016:486h 25m23:13Roma TiburtinaPalermo Autostazione
Door to door 7h 9mCO2 11.5 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Rome to Palermo bus
Buses from Rome to Palermo start at €23.83 and take 6h 21m at their fastest.
The Buses from Rome to Palermo starts at €23.83 and takes 6h 21m door to door, run by 1 operator over 426 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 6h 21mDoor to door
- 5h 37mMoving
- €23.83From
- 11.5 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 | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 BlaBlaCar | €20.53 | 6h 19m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi |
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Palermo is not something we sell.
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When to book Rome to Palermo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €20.5390 days
- €18.8860 days
- €21.6345 days
- €19.9830 days
- €21.6321 days
- €25.4814 days
- €29.887 days
- €44.183 days
- €54.081 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 186 percent. The most expensive point is €54.08, 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.
- €27.68Sun
- €24.38Mon
- €23.83Tue
- €25.48Wed
- €31.53Thu
- €30.43Fri
- €29.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Rome
Bus
- Roma Tiburtina
- Lenin
Palermo
Bus
- Palermo Autostazione
- Autostazione di Palermo - Piazza Cairoli
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 426 km against 426 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 06:02 and the last at 21:28, across 12 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 | 4h 8m | 58m | 3h 10m | €49.11 | 108.0 kg | 56 |
| Coach | 6h 21m | 5h 37m | 44m | €23.83 | 11.5 kg | 12 |
| Ferry | 13h 53m | 12h 23m | 1h 30m | €30.59 | 49.0 kg | 12 |
Questions about Rome to Palermo
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 Palermo take?
The Coach from Rome to Palermo takes 6h 21m door to door, of which 5h 37m is spent moving. The route runs 426 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 Palermo cost?
The Coach from Rome to Palermo starts at €23.83 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €24.66. 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 Palermo?
1 operators run the Coach from Rome to Palermo: 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 Palermo use?
The Coach from Rome to Palermo leaves from Roma Tiburtina and arrives at Palermo 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 Rome to Palermo?
Traveling from Rome to Palermo by Flight costs €49.11 and takes 4h 8m door to door, against 6h 21m 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 Palermo?
Fares for the Coach from Rome to Palermo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 186 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Rome to Palermo produce?
The Coach from Rome to Palermo produces about 11.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 426 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 Palermo?
Operators on the Coach from Rome to Palermo publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 21m 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 Rome to Palermo on September 9, 2026: 426 km of route against 426 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €23.83, and 6h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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