Cheapest€126.40
- Ryanair R799610:282h 38m13:06Palermo PMOKöln CGN
Door to door 5h 48mCO2 383.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Palermo to Cologne flight
Flights from Palermo to Cologne start at €149.41 and take 5h 34m at their fastest.
The Flights from Palermo to Cologne starts at €149.41 and takes 5h 34m door to door, run by 2 operators over 1,557 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.
- 5h 34mDoor to door
- 2h 24mMoving
- €149.41From
- 383.0 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.
Fastest€178.91
- Eurowings E487418:242h 24m20:48Palermo PMOKöln CGN
Door to door 5h 34mCO2 383.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Lowest CO2€196.61
- Ryanair R296007:301h 29m08:59Palermo PMOBologna BLQ
- SNCF SN115010:005h 36m15:36Bologna CentraleKoln Hauptbahnhof
Changes at Bologna, with 61 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 10h 3mCO2 210.7 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Airlines
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 Eurowings | €127.58 |
 Ryanair | €126.40 |
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A room in Cologne for the night the flight 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 Palermo to Cologne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €124.0490 days
- €118.1460 days
- €133.4845 days
- €126.9930 days
- €142.3321 days
- €160.0314 days
- €215.497 days
- €288.653 days
- €348.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €118.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 195 percent. The most expensive point is €348.83, 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.
- €182.45Sun
- €155.31Mon
- €149.41Tue
- €160.03Wed
- €205.46Thu
- €201.33Fri
- €192.48Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Palermo
Air
- PMO
Köln
Air
- CGN
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 1,557 km against 1,512 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Zürich, Bologna, Milan, Pisa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 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 Palermo at 06:11 and the last at 18:55, across 12 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Questions about Palermo to Cologne
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 Palermo to Cologne take?
The Flight from Palermo to Cologne takes 5h 34m door to door, of which 2h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 1,557 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 Palermo to Cologne cost?
The Flight from Palermo to Cologne starts at €149.41 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €157.08. 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 Palermo to Cologne?
2 operators run the Flight from Palermo to Cologne: Eurowings, Ryanair. Between them they file around 12 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 Palermo to Cologne use?
The Flight from Palermo to Cologne leaves from Palermo PMO and arrives at Köln CGN. 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.
When should I book the Flight from Palermo to Cologne?
Fares for the Flight from Palermo to Cologne bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €118.14. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 195 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Flight from Palermo to Cologne produce?
The Flight from Palermo to Cologne produces about 383.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1557 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 Palermo to Cologne on September 9, 2026: 1557 km of route against 1512 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €149.41, and 5h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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