Salzburg to Graz bus

Buses from Salzburg to Graz start at €13.38 and take 3h 48m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Salzburg to Graz starts at €13.38 and takes 3h 48m door to door, run by 1 operator over 198 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked September 12, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 3h 48mDoor to door
  • 3h 4mMoving
  • €13.38From
  • 5.3 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€11.73
  1. FlixBus FB923306:503h 4m09:54Salzburg Sudtiroler PlatzGraz Hauptbahnhof

Door to door 3h 48mCO2 5.3 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€11.733h 23m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Graz is not something we sell.

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Booking window

When to book Salzburg to Graz

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

  1. €16.1390 days
  2. €10.6360 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €11.1830 days
  5. €13.9321 days
  6. €17.7814 days
  7. €17.787 days
  8. €16.133 days
  9. €28.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 180 percent. The most expensive point is €28.23, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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. €19.98Sun
  2. €13.38Mon
  3. €15.58Tue
  4. €16.68Wed
  5. €16.68Thu
  6. €18.88Fri
  7. €17.78Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Salzburg

Bus
  • Salzburg Sudtiroler Platz
  • Hauptbahnhof

Graz

Bus
  • Graz Hauptbahnhof
  • Graz Lendplatz
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.

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 198 km against 198 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 Maribor, Linz, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Villach. 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Salzburg at 06:50 and the last at 07:30, across 2 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
Train2h 19m1h 35m44m€26.746.5 kg5
Coach3h 48m3h 4m44m€13.385.3 kg2
Flight3h 51m41m3h 10m€31.4150.2 kg1

Questions about Salzburg to Graz

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 Salzburg to Graz take?

The Coach from Salzburg to Graz takes 3h 48m door to door, of which 3h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 198 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 Salzburg to Graz cost?

The Coach from Salzburg to Graz starts at €13.38 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €17.50. 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 Salzburg to Graz?

1 operators run the Coach from Salzburg to Graz: FlixBus. Between them they file around 2 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 Salzburg to Graz use?

The Coach from Salzburg to Graz leaves from Salzburg Sudtiroler Platz and arrives at Graz Hauptbahnhof. 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 Salzburg to Graz?

Traveling from Salzburg to Graz by Train costs €26.74 and takes 2h 19m door to door, against 3h 48m 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 Salzburg to Graz?

Fares for the Coach from Salzburg to Graz bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 180 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Salzburg to Graz produce?

The Coach from Salzburg to Graz produces about 5.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 198 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 Salzburg to Graz?

Operators on the Coach from Salzburg to Graz publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 48m 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 Salzburg to Graz on September 12, 2026: 198 km of route against 198 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €13.38, and 3h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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