Cagliari to Palermo ferry
Ferries from Cagliari to Palermo start at €28.39 and take 13h 21m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Cagliari to Palermo starts at €28.39 and takes 13h 21m door to door, run by 1 operator over 389 km, with around 7 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.
- 13h 21mDoor to door
- 11h 51mMoving
- €28.39From
- 44.7 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.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €24.54 | 12h 49m | 33 km/h | Changeable | Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms |
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Rooms within reach of Palermo Centrale
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When to book Cagliari to Palermo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.4890 days
- €16.6860 days
- €15.5845 days
- €19.9830 days
- €21.0821 days
- €28.7814 days
- €37.037 days
- €32.083 days
- €47.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.58.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 205 percent. The most expensive point is €47.48, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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.
- €24.93Sun
- €24.38Mon
- €22.73Tue
- €27.13Wed
- €29.33Thu
- €28.78Fri
- €32.08Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Cagliari
- Cagliari Stazione Marittima
Palermo
- Palermo Stazione Marittima
- Palermo (Liberty Lines)
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 389 km against 389 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Trapani, Marsala, Porto Empedocle, Mazara del Vallo. 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. 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 Cagliari at 06:07 and the last at 17:16, across 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 9m | 59m | 3h 10m | €49.70 | 98.4 kg | 2 |
| Coach | 5h 59m | 5h 15m | 44m | €22.73 | 10.5 kg | 3 |
| Ferry | 13h 21m | 11h 51m | 1h 30m | €28.39 | 44.7 kg | 7 |
Questions about Cagliari to Palermo
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 Cagliari to Palermo take?
The Ferry from Cagliari to Palermo takes 13h 21m door to door, of which 11h 51m is spent moving. The route runs 389 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 Cagliari to Palermo cost?
The Ferry from Cagliari to Palermo starts at €28.39 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €37.18. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Ferry from Cagliari to Palermo?
1 operators run the Ferry from Cagliari to Palermo: Grimaldi. Between them they file around 7 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 Cagliari to Palermo use?
The Ferry from Cagliari to Palermo leaves from Cagliari Stazione Marittima and arrives at Palermo Stazione Marittima. 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 Cagliari to Palermo?
Traveling from Cagliari to Palermo by Coach costs €22.73 and takes 5h 59m door to door, against 13h 21m 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 Cagliari to Palermo?
Fares for the Ferry from Cagliari to Palermo bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €15.58. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 205 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Cagliari to Palermo produce?
The Ferry from Cagliari to Palermo produces about 44.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 389 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 Cagliari to Palermo?
Operators on the Ferry from Cagliari to Palermo publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 13h 21m 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 Cagliari to Palermo on September 11, 2026: 389 km of route against 389 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €28.39, and 13h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The ferry is the simple part. What you do once you are in Palermo is somebody else's catalog.
What to book in Palermo before you go
Day trips that leave Palermo in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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