Batam to Palembang

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Batam to Palembang. From €47.93, fastest 4h 11m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Batam to Palembang costs €47.93 at the cheapest and takes 4h 11m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 2 operators. The route covers 473 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
473 km
Fastest
4h 11m
Average
4h 14m
Services per day
2
Cheapest
€47.93
CO2 per passenger
116.4 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 11m1h 1m3h 10m€52.65116.4 kg2
  • 4h 11mFastest, by Flight
  • €52.65Cheapest, by Flight
  • 116.4 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 473 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

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

Cheapest€47.93
  1. Citilink Indonesia CI676406:001h 1m07:01Batam BTHPalembang PLM

Door to door 4h 11mCO2 116.4 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Batam to Palembang
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Batam to PalembangFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€120.50€121.09€93.95€66.81€67.99€79.20€89.82€66.22€69.17€60.91€52.65€60.91€55.01€76.25

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €47.93

The flight gets you into Palembang. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Palembang

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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Booking window

When to book Batam to Palembang

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

  1. €50.2990 days
  2. €41.4460 days
  3. €43.8045 days
  4. €55.0130 days
  5. €57.3721 days
  6. €76.2514 days
  7. €89.827 days
  8. €93.953 days
  9. €120.501 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €41.44.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 191 percent. The most expensive point is €120.50, 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.
€120.50€41.441371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

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. €60.91Sun
  2. €52.65Mon
  3. €60.91Tue
  4. €55.01Wed
  5. €76.25Thu
  6. €66.22Fri
  7. €69.17Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €67.99Sep
  2. €58.55Oct
  3. €47.93Nov
  4. €47.34Dec
  5. €50.29Jan
  6. €41.44Feb

The route

BatamBatamPalembangPalembang
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 473 km against 459 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Batam at 06:00 and the last at 06:02, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Batam

Bus
  • Tranferpoint Batam Centre
  • Transferpoint Sekupang (Sekupang port)
Air
  • BTH
Ferry
  • Batam Centre
  • Batu Ampar Batam

Palembang

Rail
  • Kramasan railway station
  • Kertapati railway station
Bus
  • Halte PLN
  • Terminal Plaju
Air
  • PLM
Ferry
  • Pelabuhan Boom Baru

PLM is not in Palembang, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Palembang

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

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.
OperatorFrom
Citilink Indonesia€47.93
Lion Mentari Airlines€49.11
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€33.0069%
Taxes€5.9412%
Supplier fees€7.0015%
Our service fee€1.994%
Total you pay€47.93100%

We cannot promise Kramasan railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Palembang

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Batam to Palembang

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 Batam to Palembang?

The fastest journey from Batam to Palembang takes 4h 11m door to door, of which 1h 1m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 14m, 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 Batam to Palembang?

The cheapest fare from Batam to Palembang is €47.93, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €67.40. 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 Batam to Palembang?

The cheapest way from Batam to Palembang is by Flight, at €52.65 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 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.

When should I book Batam to Palembang?

Fares from Batam to Palembang bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €41.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 191 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Batam to Palembang?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Batam to Palembang, at €52.65. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Batam to Palembang?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Batam to Palembang, at €41.44 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 Batam to Palembang?

2 operators sell services from Batam to Palembang across 1 modes: Citilink Indonesia, Lion Mentari Airlines. 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 Batam to Palembang?

Every service we sell from Batam to Palembang is direct, with around 2 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 11m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Batam to Palembang use?

Services from Batam to Palembang by Flight leave from Batam BTH and arrive at Palembang PLM. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Batam to Palembang?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Batam to Palembang 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

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Batam to Palembang on September 10, 2026: 473 km of route against 459 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €47.93, and 4h 11m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Palembang are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Palembang

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Palembang, with free cancellation on most of it.

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