Cherbourg to Le Havre ferry

Ferries from Cherbourg to Le Havre start at €21.77 and take 8h 4m at their fastest.

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Le Havre (Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France) - La ville sous la neige.

The Ferries from Cherbourg to Le Havre starts at €21.77 and takes 8h 4m door to door, run by 2 operators over 157 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 21, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 4mDoor to door
  • 5h 32mMoving
  • €21.77 to €27.83From
  • 07:30 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 2Per day
  • 27.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on September 21, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€21.77 to €27.83 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €26.73Mon14
  2. about €26.73Tue15
  3. about €23.98Wed16
  4. about €27.83Thu17
  5. about €25.63Fri18
  6. about €27.83Sat19
  7. about €25.08Sun20
  8. about €21.77Mon21
  9. about €21.77Tue22
  10. about €23.43Wed23
  11. about €22.88Thu24
  12. about €23.98Fri25
  13. about €24.53Sat26
  14. about €21.77Sun27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 21, 2026

Cheapest€21.77
  1. Brittany Ferries BF875207:303h 53m11:23CHERBOURGFerry Terminal of Ouistreham
  2. Brittany Ferries BF869612:251h 39m14:04Ferry Terminal of OuistrehamLE HAVRE

Changes at Hérouville-Saint-Clair, with 62 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 8h 4mCO2 18.1 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry operators

  • Brittany Ferries
  • LD Lines

The ferry gets you into Le Havre. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Le Havre for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Cherbourg to Le Havre

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

  1. €22.8890 days
  2. €21.7760 days
  3. €21.7745 days
  4. €21.7730 days
  5. €21.7721 days
  6. €21.7714 days
  7. €25.087 days
  8. €23.983 days
  9. €26.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.77.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 23 percent. The most expensive point is €26.73, 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. €21.77Sun
  2. €21.77Mon
  3. €21.77Tue
  4. €23.43Wed
  5. €22.88Thu
  6. €23.98Fri
  7. €24.53Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Cherbourg

Ferry
  • CHERBOURG
  • Passerelle Cherbourg 2
  • Passerelle Cherbourg 4

Le Havre

Ferry
  • LE HAVRE
  • Terminal de la Citadelle
  • Visite du Port
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 157 km against 125 km in a straight line, a detour of 90 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Gosport. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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 Cherbourg at 07:30 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Cherbourg to Le Havre

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 Cherbourg to Le Havre take?

The Ferry from Cherbourg to Le Havre takes 8h 4m door to door, of which 5h 32m is spent moving. The route runs 157 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 Cherbourg to Le Havre cost?

The Ferry from Cherbourg to Le Havre starts at €21.77 for one passenger, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare is €26.73. 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 Cherbourg to Le Havre?

2 operators run the Ferry from Cherbourg to Le Havre: Brittany Ferries, LD Lines. Between them they file around 2 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 Cherbourg to Le Havre use?

The Ferry from Cherbourg to Le Havre leaves from CHERBOURG and arrives at LE HAVRE. 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.

When should I book the Ferry from Cherbourg to Le Havre?

Fares for the Ferry from Cherbourg to Le Havre bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €21.77. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 23 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Cherbourg to Le Havre produce?

The Ferry from Cherbourg to Le Havre produces about 27.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 157 km, which works out at roughly 174 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 Cherbourg to Le Havre?

Operators on the Ferry from Cherbourg to Le Havre publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 4m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

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.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Cherbourg to Le Havre on September 13, 2026: 157 km of route against 125 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €21.77, and 8h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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