Vienna to Milan bus

Buses from Vienna to Milan start at €32.63 and take 8h 54m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Vienna to Milan starts at €32.63 and takes 8h 54m door to door, run by 2 operators over 625 km, with around 24 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

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

  • 8h 54mDoor to door
  • 8h 10mMoving
  • €32.63From
  • 16.9 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€28.23
  1. Flixbus CEE South FC226915:568h 27m00:23Wien ErdbergMilano Lampugnano

Door to door 9h 11mCO2 16.9 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.
OperatorFrom
FlixBus€29.33
Flixbus CEE South€28.23

The trip ends at Milano Centrale. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Milan for the night the bus gets in

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Booking window

When to book Vienna to Milan

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

  1. €28.2390 days
  2. €22.1860 days
  3. €27.1345 days
  4. €28.7830 days
  5. €34.2821 days
  6. €36.4814 days
  7. €43.087 days
  8. €46.933 days
  9. €59.581 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 169 percent. The most expensive point is €59.58, 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.
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. €38.68Sun
  2. €33.73Mon
  3. €32.63Tue
  4. €34.83Wed
  5. €36.48Thu
  6. €41.98Fri
  7. €42.53Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Vienna

Bus
  • Wien Erdberg
  • Vienna International Busterminal

Milan

Bus
  • Milano Lampugnano
  • Orioshuttle - Milano Stazione Centrale
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 625 km against 625 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 Vienna at 06:50 and the last at 20:59, across 24 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 23m1h 13m3h 10m€66.81158.4 kg48
Coach8h 54m8h 10m44m€32.6316.9 kg24

Questions about Vienna to Milan

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 Vienna to Milan take?

The Coach from Vienna to Milan takes 8h 54m door to door, of which 8h 10m is spent moving. The route runs 625 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 Vienna to Milan cost?

The Coach from Vienna to Milan starts at €32.63 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €34.28. 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 Vienna to Milan?

2 operators run the Coach from Vienna to Milan: FlixBus, Flixbus CEE South. Between them they file around 24 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 Vienna to Milan use?

The Coach from Vienna to Milan leaves from Wien Erdberg and arrives at Milano Lampugnano. 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 Vienna to Milan?

Traveling from Vienna to Milan by Flight costs €66.81 and takes 4h 23m door to door, against 8h 54m 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 Vienna to Milan?

Fares for the Coach from Vienna to Milan bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €22.18. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 169 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Vienna to Milan produce?

The Coach from Vienna to Milan produces about 16.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 625 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 Vienna to Milan?

Operators on the Coach from Vienna to Milan publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 54m 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 Vienna to Milan on September 10, 2026: 625 km of route against 625 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.63, and 8h 54m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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