Zadar to Ancona ferry

Ferries from Zadar to Ancona start at €14.64 and take 6h 39m at their fastest.

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The Ferries from Zadar to Ancona starts at €14.64 and takes 6h 39m door to door, run by 1 operator over 156 km, with around 1 departure a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 30, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 6h 39mDoor to door
  • 5h 9mMoving
  • €14.64From
  • 17.9 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 30, 2026

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

Cheapest€12.44
  1. Jadrolinija J354306:195h 9m11:28ZadarAncona Stazione Marittima

Door to door 6h 39mCO2 17.9 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Ferry 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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Jadrolinija€12.446h 15m33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Jadrolinija

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Booking window

When to book Zadar to Ancona

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

  1. €14.6490 days
  2. €11.8860 days
  3. €13.5445 days
  4. €14.6430 days
  5. €12.9921 days
  6. €17.9414 days
  7. €25.097 days
  8. €28.393 days
  9. €34.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 190 percent. The most expensive point is €34.44, 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. €15.74Sun
  2. €16.29Mon
  3. €14.64Tue
  4. €17.39Wed
  5. €17.94Thu
  6. €17.39Fri
  7. €16.84Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Zadar

Ferry
  • Zadar
  • Preko

Ancona

Ferry
  • Ancona Stazione Marittima
  • Ancona
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 156 km against 149 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 Split, Rijeka, Zagreb, Bologna. The gap between arriving and leaving is 54 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 06:19 and the last at 06:19, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Zadar to Ancona

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 Zadar to Ancona take?

The Ferry from Zadar to Ancona takes 6h 39m door to door, of which 5h 9m is spent moving. The route runs 156 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 Zadar to Ancona cost?

The Ferry from Zadar to Ancona starts at €14.64 for one passenger, checked on September 30, 2026. A typical fare is €12.44. 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 Zadar to Ancona?

1 operators run the Ferry from Zadar to Ancona: Jadrolinija. Between them they file around 1 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 Zadar to Ancona use?

The Ferry from Zadar to Ancona leaves from Zadar and arrives at Ancona 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.

When should I book the Ferry from Zadar to Ancona?

Fares for the Ferry from Zadar to Ancona bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €11.88. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 190 percent, measured on September 30, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Ferry from Zadar to Ancona produce?

The Ferry from Zadar to Ancona produces about 17.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 156 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 Zadar to Ancona?

Operators on the Ferry from Zadar to Ancona publish Bar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 6h 39m 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.

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On this page
Every figure above was computed for Zadar to Ancona on September 10, 2026: 156 km of route against 149 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €14.64, and 6h 39m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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