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Brindisi to Palermo

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Brindisi to Palermo. From €52.06, fastest 4h 12m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Brindisi to Palermo costs €52.06 at the cheapest and takes 4h 12m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 497 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
497 km
Fastest
4h 12m
Average
4h 15m
Services per day
2
Cheapest
€52.06
CO2 per passenger
122.3 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 28, 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 15m1h 5m3h 10m€63.27122.3 kg2
  • 4h 15mFastest, by Flight
  • €63.27Cheapest, by Flight
  • 122.3 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 497 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

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

Cheapest€52.06
  1. Ryanair R723106:541h 5m07:59Brindisi BDSPalermo PMO

Door to door 4h 15mCO2 122.3 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.

Today's real departures
OperatorServiceDepartsArrivesTakes
TRENITALIA1 changesFR 956011:0307:1320h 10m
STP Brindisi SpA2 changes814:0607:1317h 7m
TRENITALIA3 changesREG 1998014:4407:1316h 29m
TRENITALIA1 changesFR 832615:2310:5119h 28m
TRENITALIA2 changesFR 832615:2309:5018h 27m
TRENITALIA3 changesFR 832615:2307:3516h 12m

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 Brindisi to Palermo
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Brindisi to PalermoSatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25
Flight€156.49€95.13€80.38€66.81€88.64€89.23€109.88€93.36€63.86€66.22€63.27€67.99€78.02€78.61

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €52.06

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Palermo is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Palermo Centrale

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Brindisi to Palermo

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

  1. €78.0290 days
  2. €44.3960 days
  3. €44.3945 days
  4. €53.2430 days
  5. €55.6021 days
  6. €78.6114 days
  7. €109.887 days
  8. €80.383 days
  9. €156.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €44.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 253 percent. The most expensive point is €156.49, 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.
€156.49€44.391371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 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. €63.86Sun
  2. €66.22Mon
  3. €63.27Tue
  4. €67.99Wed
  5. €78.02Thu
  6. €78.61Fri
  7. €93.36Sat
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. €66.81Sep
  2. €59.73Oct
  3. €57.96Nov
  4. €55.01Dec
  5. €50.88Jan
  6. €42.03Feb

The route

BrindisiBrindisiPalermoPalermo
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.

Direct or connecting
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 497 km against 482 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 Rome. The gap between arriving and leaving is 77 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Brindisi at 06:54 and the last at 07:30, 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.

Brindisi

Rail
  • Brindisi
  • Brindisi railway station
  • Brindisi Marittima railway station
Bus
  • Brindisi Autostazione
  • Porta Lecce
Air
  • BDS
Ferry
  • Brindisi Costa Morena
  • Banchina Montenegro

Palermo

Rail
  • Palermo Centrale
  • Palermo Lolli railway halt
  • Palermo Guadagna railway halt
Bus
  • Palermo Autostazione
  • Autostazione di Palermo - Piazza Cairoli
Air
  • PMO
Ferry
  • Palermo Stazione Marittima
  • Palermo (Liberty Lines)

PMO is not in Palermo, 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

Getting from PMO into Palermo?

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

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

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.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Ryanair€52.064h 12m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Ryanair
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 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€36.5070%
Taxes€6.5713%
Supplier fees€7.0013%
Our service fee€1.994%
Total you pay€52.06100%

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Palermo

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 Brindisi to Palermo

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 Brindisi to Palermo?

The fastest journey from Brindisi to Palermo takes 4h 12m door to door, of which 1h 5m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 15m, 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 Brindisi to Palermo?

The cheapest fare from Brindisi to Palermo is €52.06, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €68.58. 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 Brindisi to Palermo?

The cheapest way from Brindisi to Palermo is by Flight, at €63.27 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 4h 15m 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 Brindisi to Palermo?

Fares from Brindisi to Palermo bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €44.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 253 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Brindisi to Palermo?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Brindisi to Palermo, at €63.27. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Brindisi to Palermo?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Brindisi to Palermo, at €42.03 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 Brindisi to Palermo?

1 operators sell services from Brindisi to Palermo across 1 modes: Ryanair. 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 Brindisi to Palermo?

50 percent of the services we sell from Brindisi to Palermo are direct. The rest connect at Rome, with about 77 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 Brindisi to Palermo use?

Services from Brindisi to Palermo by Flight leave from Brindisi BDS and arrive at Palermo PMO. 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 Brindisi to Palermo?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Brindisi to Palermo 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 Brindisi to Palermo on September 11, 2026: 497 km of route against 482 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €52.06, and 4h 12m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Palermo and elsewhere in Italy. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Palermo before you go

Day trips that leave Palermo in the morning and cover a good part of Italy by evening.

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