Cheapest€11.89
- Grimaldi G477606:076h 11m12:18Almeria Estacion MaritimaMalaga Estacion Maritima
Door to door 7h 41mCO2 21.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Almería to Málaga ferry
Ferries from Almería to Málaga start at €15.19 and take 7h 1m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Almería to Málaga starts at €15.19 and takes 7h 1m door to door, run by 2 operators over 184 km, with around 3 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 7h 1mDoor to door
- 5h 31mMoving
- €15.19From
- 21.2 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.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Baleària | €13.54 | 7h 1m |
 Grimaldi | €11.89 | 7h |
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When to book Almería to Málaga
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.6490 days
- €11.7360 days
- €11.1845 days
- €10.0830 days
- €13.3821 days
- €15.5814 days
- €22.187 days
- €17.783 days
- €23.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.08.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 136 percent. The most expensive point is €23.83, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €14.64Sun
- €15.19Mon
- €12.83Tue
- €16.29Wed
- €16.13Thu
- €15.03Fri
- €15.58Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Almería
Ferry
- Almeria Estacion Maritima
- Puerto Comercial de Almería
Málaga
Ferry
- Malaga Estacion Maritima
- Estación Marítima de Málaga
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 184 km against 175 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Córdoba, Motril, Marbella, Granada. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Almería at 06:07 and the last at 07:30, across 3 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Ferries 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 4m | 1h 20m | 44m | €25.64 | 6.1 kg | 3 |
| Coach | 3h 24m | 2h 40m | 44m | €12.83 | 5.0 kg | 2 |
| Ferry | 7h 1m | 5h 31m | 1h 30m | €15.19 | 21.2 kg | 3 |
Questions about Almería to Málaga
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 Ferry from Almería to Málaga take?
The Ferry from Almería to Málaga takes 7h 1m door to door, of which 5h 31m is spent moving. The route runs 184 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 Ferry from Almería to Málaga cost?
The Ferry from Almería to Málaga starts at €15.19 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €14.64. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Almería to Málaga?
2 operators run the Ferry from Almería to Málaga: Baleària, Grimaldi. Between them they file around 3 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 Ferry from Almería to Málaga use?
The Ferry from Almería to Málaga leaves from Almeria Estacion Maritima and arrives at Malaga Estacion Maritima. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Ferry the best way from Almería to Málaga?
Traveling from Almería to Málaga by Coach costs €12.83 and takes 3h 24m door to door, against 7h 1m by Ferry. 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 Ferry from Almería to Málaga?
Fares for the Ferry from Almería to Málaga bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.08. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 136 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Almería to Málaga produce?
The Ferry from Almería to Málaga produces about 21.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 184 km, which works out at roughly 115 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 Ferry from Almería to Málaga?
Operators on the Ferry from Almería to Málaga publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 7h 1m 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 Almería to Málaga on September 12, 2026: 184 km of route against 175 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €15.19, and 7h 1m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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