Cheapest€11.88
- DFDS DF407106:541h 49m08:43DoverCalais Terminal Ferry
Door to door 3h 19mCO2 5.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Dover to Calais ferry
Ferries from Dover to Calais start at €11.88 and take 3h 11m at their fastest.
The Ferries from Dover to Calais starts at €11.88 and takes 3h 11m door to door, run by 2 operators over 45 km, with around 2 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 3h 11mDoor to door
- 1h 41mMoving
- €11.88From
- 5.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 10, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€11.88
- P&O Ferries PO348606:451h 41m08:26DoverCalais Terminal Ferry
Door to door 3h 11mCO2 5.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Ferry operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Calais is not something we sell.
A room in Calais for the night the ferry gets in
Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Dover to Calais
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
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- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 0 percent. The most expensive point is €11.88, 90 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €11.88Sun
- €11.88Mon
- €11.88Tue
- €11.88Wed
- €11.88Thu
- €11.88Fri
- €11.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Dover
Ferry
- Dover
- Dover 2
Calais
Ferry
- Calais Terminal Ferry
- Calais 10
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 45 km against 43 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Dover at 06:45 and the last at 06:54, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Dover to Calais
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 Dover to Calais take?
The Ferry from Dover to Calais takes 3h 11m door to door, of which 1h 41m is spent moving. The route runs 45 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 Dover to Calais cost?
The Ferry from Dover to Calais starts at €11.88 for one passenger, checked on September 10, 2026. A typical fare is €11.88. 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 Dover to Calais?
2 operators run the Ferry from Dover to Calais: DFDS, P&O Ferries. 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 Dover to Calais use?
The Ferry from Dover to Calais leaves from Dover and arrives at Calais Terminal Ferry. 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 Dover to Calais?
Fares for the Ferry from Dover to Calais bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 0 percent, measured on September 10, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Ferry from Dover to Calais produce?
The Ferry from Dover to Calais produces about 5.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 45 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 Dover to Calais?
Operators on the Ferry from Dover to Calais publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 3h 11m 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 Dover to Calais on September 9, 2026: 45 km of route against 43 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 3h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Calais are the half people leave until last.
Day trips out of Calais and across France
Day trips that leave Calais in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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