Cologne to Hamburg flight
Flights from Cologne to Hamburg start at €43.80 and take 4h 4m at their fastest.
The Flights from Cologne to Hamburg starts at €43.80 and takes 4h 4m door to door, run by 2 operators over 368 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 4h 4mDoor to door
- 54mMoving
- €43.80From
- 90.5 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 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.
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
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When to book Cologne to Hamburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €18.3390 days
- €13.9360 days
- €17.2345 days
- €18.3330 days
- €21.0821 days
- €27.1314 days
- €32.637 days
- €34.833 days
- €40.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 193 percent. The most expensive point is €40.88, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €24.38Sun
- €21.08Mon
- €20.53Tue
- €22.18Wed
- €27.13Thu
- €26.03Fri
- €24.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Köln
- CGN
Hamburg
- HAM
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 368 km against 357 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Cologne at 06:16 and the last at 18:19, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Flights 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 | 3h 12m | 2h 28m | 44m | €45.44 | 11.8 kg | 18 |
| Flight | 4h 4m | 54m | 3h 10m | €43.80 | 90.5 kg | 8 |
| Coach | 5h 32m | 4h 48m | 44m | €20.53 | 9.6 kg | 18 |
Questions about Cologne to Hamburg
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 Flight from Cologne to Hamburg take?
The Flight from Cologne to Hamburg takes 4h 4m door to door, of which 54m is spent moving. The route runs 368 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 Flight from Cologne to Hamburg cost?
The Flight from Cologne to Hamburg starts at €43.80 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €46.16. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Flight from Cologne to Hamburg?
2 operators run the Flight from Cologne to Hamburg: Eurowings, Lufthansa. Between them they file around 8 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 Flight from Cologne to Hamburg use?
The Flight from Cologne to Hamburg leaves from Köln CGN and arrives at Hamburg HAM. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Flight the best way from Cologne to Hamburg?
Traveling from Cologne to Hamburg by Coach costs €20.53 and takes 5h 32m door to door, against 4h 4m by Flight. 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 Flight from Cologne to Hamburg?
Fares for the Flight from Cologne to Hamburg bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 193 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Cologne to Hamburg produce?
The Flight from Cologne to Hamburg produces about 90.5 kg of CO2 per passenger over 368 km, which works out at roughly 246 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
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 Cologne to Hamburg on September 10, 2026: 368 km of route against 357 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €43.80, and 4h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
HAM is not in Hamburg, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
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