Stuttgart to Hamburg bus

Buses from Stuttgart to Hamburg start at €29.33 and take 7h 43m at their fastest.

StuttgartStuttgartHamburgHamburg
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The Buses from Stuttgart to Hamburg starts at €29.33 and takes 7h 43m door to door, run by 3 operators over 533 km, with around 18 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 7h 43mDoor to door
  • 6h 59mMoving
  • €29.33From
  • 14.4 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€24.38
  1. NVBW NV429316:527h 55m00:47Stuttgart SABHamburg ZOB

Door to door 8h 39mCO2 14.4 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.
OperatorFromFastest
BlaBlaCar€24.937h 42m
FlixBus€26.037h 41m
NVBW€24.387h 42m
  • BlaBlaCar
  • FlixBus
  • NVBW

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

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Hamburg Hauptbahnhof

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Booking window

When to book Stuttgart to Hamburg

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

  1. €25.4890 days
  2. €18.8860 days
  3. €23.8345 days
  4. €26.0330 days
  5. €29.8821 days
  6. €32.6314 days
  7. €38.687 days
  8. €41.433 days
  9. €51.881 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 175 percent. The most expensive point is €51.88, 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. €34.83Sun
  2. €29.88Mon
  3. €29.33Tue
  4. €30.98Wed
  5. €32.63Thu
  6. €37.03Fri
  7. €35.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Stuttgart

Bus
  • Stuttgart SAB
  • Stuttgart-Airport-Busterminal

Hamburg

Bus
  • Hamburg ZOB
  • Bus Port Hamburg
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 533 km against 533 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Stuttgart at 06:02 and the last at 20:07, across 18 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
Flight4h 17m1h 7m3h 10m€60.91135.1 kg8
Train4h 25m3h 41m44m€68.5417.6 kg12
Coach7h 43m6h 59m44m€29.3314.4 kg18

Questions about Stuttgart to Hamburg

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 Stuttgart to Hamburg take?

The Coach from Stuttgart to Hamburg takes 7h 43m door to door, of which 6h 59m is spent moving. The route runs 533 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 Stuttgart to Hamburg cost?

The Coach from Stuttgart to Hamburg starts at €29.33 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €30.98. 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 Stuttgart to Hamburg?

3 operators run the Coach from Stuttgart to Hamburg: BlaBlaCar, FlixBus, NVBW. Between them they file around 18 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 Stuttgart to Hamburg use?

The Coach from Stuttgart to Hamburg leaves from Stuttgart SAB and arrives at Hamburg ZOB. 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 Stuttgart to Hamburg?

Traveling from Stuttgart to Hamburg by Flight costs €60.91 and takes 4h 17m door to door, against 7h 43m 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 Stuttgart to Hamburg?

Fares for the Coach from Stuttgart to Hamburg bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €18.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 175 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Stuttgart to Hamburg produce?

The Coach from Stuttgart to Hamburg produces about 14.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 533 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 Stuttgart to Hamburg?

Operators on the Coach from Stuttgart to Hamburg publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 3 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 43m 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 Stuttgart to Hamburg on September 10, 2026: 533 km of route against 533 km in a straight line, 18 services a day, 3 operators, a cheapest fare of €29.33, and 7h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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