Zadar to Pula bus

Buses from Zadar to Pula start at €10.07 and take 2h 38m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Zadar to Pula starts at €10.07 and takes 2h 38m door to door, run by 4 operators over 138 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 23, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 2h 38mDoor to door
  • 1h 54mMoving
  • €10.07From
  • 3.7 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 23, 2026

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

Cheapest€10.07
  1. Lubina L962914:141h 54m16:08Zadar Bus StationAutobusni kolodvor Pula

Door to door 2h 38mCO2 3.7 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
Babić€10.08
Blaguss Slovakia€10.07
Lubina€10.07
Prijevoz Knežević€10.07

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Booking window

When to book Zadar to Pula

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

  1. €10.0790 days
  2. €10.0760 days
  3. €10.0745 days
  4. €10.0730 days
  5. €10.0721 days
  6. €10.0714 days
  7. €10.637 days
  8. €13.933 days
  9. €18.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 87 percent. The most expensive point is €18.88, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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. €11.18Sun
  2. €10.63Mon
  3. €10.08Tue
  4. €10.07Wed
  5. €12.28Thu
  6. €12.28Fri
  7. €12.28Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Zadar

Bus
  • Zadar Bus Station
  • Preko

Pula

Bus
  • Autobusni kolodvor Pula
  • Šikići
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
73% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 27% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 138 km against 138 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Bihać, Rijeka, Karlovac, Split. The gap between arriving and leaving is 69 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 Zadar at 06:23 and the last at 14:17, across 10 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
Coach2h 38m1h 54m44m€10.073.7 kg10
Flight3h 46m36m3h 10m€31.4134.9 kg1
Ferry5h 51m4h 21m1h 30m€11.8815.9 kg2

Questions about Zadar to Pula

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 Zadar to Pula take?

The Coach from Zadar to Pula takes 2h 38m door to door, of which 1h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 138 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 Zadar to Pula cost?

The Coach from Zadar to Pula starts at €10.07 for one passenger, checked on September 23, 2026. A typical fare is €11.18. 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 Zadar to Pula?

4 operators run the Coach from Zadar to Pula: Babić, Blaguss Slovakia, Lubina, Prijevoz Knežević. Between them they file around 10 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 Zadar to Pula use?

The Coach from Zadar to Pula leaves from Zadar Bus Station and arrives at Autobusni kolodvor Pula. 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 Zadar to Pula?

The Coach is both the cheapest and the fastest way from Zadar to Pula, at €10.07 and 2h 38m door to door, against 2 other modes that also run the corridor. On this route there is no trade to make between the money and the hours.

When should I book the Coach from Zadar to Pula?

Fares for the Coach from Zadar to Pula bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €10.07. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 87 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Zadar to Pula produce?

The Coach from Zadar to Pula produces about 3.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 138 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 Zadar to Pula?

Operators on the Coach from Zadar to Pula publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 4 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 2h 38m 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 Zadar to Pula on September 9, 2026: 138 km of route against 138 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €10.07, and 2h 38m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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