Cheapest€13.93
- Blaguss Slovakia BS520106:493h 59m10:48Split Autobusni kolodvorAutobusni kolodvor Karlovac
Door to door 4h 43mCO2 7.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Split to Karlovac bus
Buses from Split to Karlovac start at €15.03 and take 4h 25m at their fastest.
The Buses from Split to Karlovac starts at €15.03 and takes 4h 25m door to door, run by 3 operators over 266 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 25mDoor to door
- 3h 41mMoving
- €15.03From
- 7.2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blaguss Slovakia | €13.93 | 4h 16m |
| Lubina | €15.03 | 4h 16m |
| Prijevoz Knežević | €13.93 | 4h 17m |
The bus gets you into Karlovac. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Karlovac
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Split to Karlovac
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €13.9390 days
- €13.3860 days
- €14.4845 days
- €15.0330 days
- €13.9321 days
- €15.0314 days
- €17.237 days
- €23.833 days
- €26.581 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 99 percent. The most expensive point is €26.58, 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.
- €18.88Sun
- €17.23Mon
- €15.03Tue
- €17.23Wed
- €22.73Thu
- €18.88Fri
- €21.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Split
Bus
- Split Autobusni kolodvor
- Trogir Autobusni Kolodvor
Karlovac
Bus
- Autobusni kolodvor Karlovac
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
- 67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 266 km against 231 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Banja Luka, Zadar, Zagreb, Bihać. The gap between arriving and leaving is 65 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Split at 06:17 and the last at 14:38, across 8 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 | 2h 39m | 1h 55m | 44m | €30.04 | 8.8 kg | 4 |
| Coach | 4h 25m | 3h 41m | 44m | €15.03 | 7.2 kg | 8 |
Questions about Split to Karlovac
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 Split to Karlovac take?
The Coach from Split to Karlovac takes 4h 25m door to door, of which 3h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 266 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 Split to Karlovac cost?
The Coach from Split to Karlovac starts at €15.03 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €16.68. 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 Split to Karlovac?
3 operators run the Coach from Split to Karlovac: Blaguss Slovakia, Lubina, Prijevoz Knežević. Between them they file around 8 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 Split to Karlovac use?
The Coach from Split to Karlovac leaves from Split Autobusni kolodvor and arrives at Autobusni kolodvor Karlovac. 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 Split to Karlovac?
Traveling from Split to Karlovac by Train costs €30.04 and takes 2h 39m door to door, against 4h 25m 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 Split to Karlovac?
Fares for the Coach from Split to Karlovac bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.38. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 99 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Split to Karlovac produce?
The Coach from Split to Karlovac produces about 7.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 266 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 Split to Karlovac?
Operators on the Coach from Split to Karlovac publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 25m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Split to Karlovac on September 8, 2026: 266 km of route against 231 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.03, and 4h 25m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Karlovac is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Karlovac
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
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