Bilbao to Portsmouth runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 13:00 and the last around 13:00. One passenger pays €57.54, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 28h 11m over 934 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €57.54, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€57.54
- 274%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Bilbao
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for September 29, 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 13:00First departure
- 13:00Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Departures on September 28, 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
11:4622:0610h 20m
TGV INOUI 8540SNCF VOYAGEURS4 changes
Bayonne → Portsmouth Harbour
Reservation required
11:4621:4810h 2m
TGV INOUI 8540SNCF VOYAGEURS5 changes
Bayonne → Portsmouth Harbour
Reservation required
Sailings on September 29, 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
13:0020:4531h 45m
BRITTANY FERRIESVessel GALICIADirect
BILBAO → PORTSMOUTH
from €216.00seat
Vehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €216.00 to €216.00 on September 29, 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Brittany Ferries runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What the operator is charging, by departure date.
September 29, 2026
€216.00
BRITTANY FERRIES
This crossing was checked for one date, and that is the only date we hold a fare for. The operator sells the rest of the season.
The ferry gets you into Portsmouth. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Portsmouth for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Bilbao to Portsmouth
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €70.1890 days
- €41.5960 days
- €55.8945 days
- €60.8430 days
- €84.4921 days
- €94.3814 days
- €109.247 days
- €155.443 days
- €151.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €41.59.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 274 percent. The most expensive point is €155.44, 3 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 Bilbao to Portsmouth and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
13:46 → 16:57
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
934 km
849 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
347,342 → 208,100
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
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
- 20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 934 km against 849 km in a straight line, a detour of 10 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Irun, Santander, Bristol, Donostia / San Sebastián. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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 ferry gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Portsmouth Harbour
Most of the points near Portsmouth Harbour open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Bilbao to Portsmouth
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 Bilbao to Portsmouth?
The fastest journey from Bilbao to Portsmouth takes 28h 11m door to door, of which 26h 41m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 29h 44m, 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 Bilbao to Portsmouth?
The cheapest fare from Bilbao to Portsmouth is €57.54, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €98.24. 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 Bilbao to Portsmouth?
The cheapest way from Bilbao to Portsmouth is by ferry, at €57.54 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 28h 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 Bilbao to Portsmouth?
Fares from Bilbao to Portsmouth bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €41.59. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 274 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bilbao to Portsmouth?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Bilbao to Portsmouth, at €71.28. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bilbao to Portsmouth?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Bilbao to Portsmouth, at €47.64 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 Bilbao to Portsmouth?
1 operators sell services from Bilbao to Portsmouth across 1 mode: Brittany Ferries. 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 Bilbao to Portsmouth?
20 percent of the services we sell from Bilbao to Portsmouth are direct. The rest connect at Irun, Santander, Bristol, Donostia / San Sebastián, with about 66 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Bilbao to Portsmouth use?
Services from Bilbao to Portsmouth by ferry leave from BILBAO and arrive at PORTSMOUTH. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Bilbao to Portsmouth?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Bilbao to Portsmouth 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 Bilbao to Portsmouth on September 17, 2026: 934 km of route against 849 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €57.54, and 28h 11m 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 Portsmouth a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
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The two ends, compared
Bilbao reaches 148 places in 24 countries on services we hold, over distances from 24 to 3,759 km. Portsmouth reaches 79 places in 3 countries, from 15 to 849 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Bilbao
- 148Places you can leave for
- 24Countries
- 44Operators
Arriving in Portsmouth
Leaving Portsmouth
- 79Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 7Operators