Barcelona to Trieste runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €67.99 and €104.84, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 9m over 1,067 km, on services run by 6 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€67.99 to €104.84
- 206%Moves across the booking window
206%When it runs, leaving Barcelona
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €204.28Fri25
- about €191.89Sat26
- about €131.12Sun27
- about €116.37Mon28
- about €121.09Tue29
- about €134.66Wed30
- about €135.25Thu1
- about €120.50Fri2
- about €115.19Sat3
- about €100.44Sun4
- about €99.89Mon5
- about €94.54Tue6
- about €108.70Wed7
- about €96.31Thu8
- about €108.69Fri9
- about €96.90Sat10
- about €99.26Sun11
- about €68.58Mon12
- about €67.99Tue13
- about €80.97Wed14
- about €116.37Thu15
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Trieste. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Trieste for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Barcelona to Trieste
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €83.3390 days
- €66.8160 days
- €67.9945 days
- €91.5930 days
- €116.3721 days
- €96.3114 days
- €135.257 days
- €131.123 days
- €204.281 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €66.81.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 206 percent. The most expensive point is €204.28, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Barcelona to Trieste and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
1,067 km
1,048 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
1,686,208 → 204,338
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- 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 1,067 km against 1,048 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bologna, Genoa, Nice, Mestre. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 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.
Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Trieste Centrale
Most of the points near Trieste Centrale open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Barcelona to Trieste
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 it take to get from Barcelona to Trieste?
The fastest journey from Barcelona to Trieste takes 6h 9m door to door, of which 2h 41m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 10h 4m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Barcelona to Trieste?
The cheapest fare from Barcelona to Trieste is €67.99, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €143.74. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Barcelona to Trieste?
The cheapest way from Barcelona to Trieste is by flight, at €67.99 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 6h 11m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
What is the fastest way to get from Barcelona to Trieste?
The fastest way from Barcelona to Trieste is by flight, at 6h 11m door to door. Only 2h 41m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 30m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €67.99.
When should I book Barcelona to Trieste?
Fares from Barcelona to Trieste bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €66.81. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 206 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Barcelona to Trieste?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Barcelona to Trieste, at €94.54. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 24, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Barcelona to Trieste?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Barcelona to Trieste, at €61.50 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Barcelona to Trieste?
6 operators sell services from Barcelona to Trieste across 2 modes: BlaBlaCar, DB Fernverkehr, easyJet Europe, FlixBus, Ryanair, SNCF. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.
Is there a direct service from Barcelona to Trieste?
0 percent of the services we sell from Barcelona to Trieste are direct. The rest connect at Bologna, Genoa, Nice, Mestre, with about 55 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Barcelona to Trieste produce?
Traveling from Barcelona to Trieste by train produces about 34.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 165.0 kg, roughly 5 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Barcelona to Trieste use?
Services from Barcelona to Trieste by flight leave from Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport BCN and arrive at Trieste Centrale. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Barcelona to Trieste?
4 of the 6 operators we sell from Barcelona to Trieste allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Barcelona to Trieste on September 24, 2026: 1067 km of route against 1048 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €67.99, and 6h 9m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Trieste a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Trieste and across Italy
Day trips that leave Trieste in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Barcelona reaches 371 places in 73 countries on services we hold, over distances from 48 to 11,182 km. Trieste reaches 130 places in 15 countries, from 21 to 1,328 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Barcelona
- 371Places you can leave for
- 73Countries
- 122Operators
73
122Arriving in Trieste
Leaving Trieste
- 130Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 7Operators