Barcelona to Valencia runs about 32 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 20:46. One passenger pays between €14.48 and €33.34, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 50m over 305 km, on services run by 9 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 9 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€14.48 to €33.34
- 103%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Barcelona
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:01First departure
- 20:46Last departure
- 32Services per day
- 100%Run direct
No sea route
There is no ferry between Barcelona and Valencia. Both are ports, and the carriers that sell sailings from each of them connect neither to the other. The land options above are how this journey is actually made.
Renfe runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Barcelona to Valencia on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Alsa runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Barcelona to Valencia on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €25.48Tue15
- about €26.58Wed16
- about €27.13Thu17
- about €25.48Fri18
- about €26.03Sat19
- about €25.48Sun20
- about €17.78Mon21
- about €17.78Tue22
- about €18.88Wed23
- about €22.73Thu24
- about €21.63Fri25
- about €21.63Sat26
- about €20.53Sun27
- about €16.13Mon28
- about €15.03Tue29
- about €16.13Wed30
- about €18.33Thu1
- about €17.23Fri2
- about €17.23Sat3
- about €16.13Sun4
- about €14.48Mon5
Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Valencia. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Valencia for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Valencia Estaciò Nord and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Barcelona to Valencia
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €14.4860 days
- €16.1345 days
- €13.3830 days
- €14.4821 days
- €16.1314 days
- €17.787 days
- €27.133 days
- €25.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 103 percent. The most expensive point is €27.13, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Barcelona to Valencia 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
305 km
302 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
1,686,208 → 824,340
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/8
6 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
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 305 km against 302 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from VLC into Valencia is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Valencia
Settled in advance, so the ride into Valencia costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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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 Valencia Estaciò Nord
Most of the points near Valencia Estaciò Nord open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Barcelona to Valencia
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 Valencia?
The fastest journey from Barcelona to Valencia takes 2h 50m door to door, of which 2h 6m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 16m, 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 Valencia?
The cheapest fare from Barcelona to Valencia is €14.48, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €36.09. 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 Valencia?
The cheapest way from Barcelona to Valencia is by coach, at €16.13 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 43m 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 Valencia?
The fastest way from Barcelona to Valencia is by train, at 2h 50m door to door. Only 2h 6m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €33.34.
When should I book Barcelona to Valencia?
Fares from Barcelona to Valencia bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €13.38. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 103 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Barcelona to Valencia?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Barcelona to Valencia, at €16.13. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 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 Valencia?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Barcelona to Valencia, at €12.83 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 Valencia?
9 operators sell services from Barcelona to Valencia across 3 modes: Air Nostrum, Alsa, ASL Airlines Belgium, BlaBlaCar, Buses in Cantabria, Intercity. 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 Valencia?
Every service we sell from Barcelona to Valencia is direct, with around 66 departures a day and a fastest journey of 2h 50m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Barcelona to Valencia produce?
Traveling from Barcelona to Valencia by coach produces about 8.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 76.8 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Barcelona to Valencia use?
Services from Barcelona to Valencia by train leave from Barcelona Sants and arrive at Valencia Estaciò Nord. Allow about 44m 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 Valencia?
6 of the 9 operators we sell from Barcelona to Valencia 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Barcelona to Valencia on September 14, 2026: 305 km of route against 302 km in a straight line, 66 services a day, 9 operators a cheapest fare of €14.48, and 2h 50m 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 Valencia a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Valencia and across Spain
Day trips that leave Valencia in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Barcelona reaches 296 places in 61 countries on services we hold, over distances from 82 to 11,157 km. Valencia reaches 198 places in 28 countries, from 57 to 3,426 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Barcelona
- 296Places you can leave for
- 61Countries
- 117Operators
Arriving in Valencia
Leaving Valencia
- 198Places you can leave for
- 28Countries
- 52Operators