Cherbourg to Dublin runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 19:30 and the last around 19:30. One passenger pays €44.89, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 18h 7m over 573 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €44.89, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€44.89
- 146%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Cherbourg
First and last sailing as the operators themselves filed them for September 17, 2026, counted in this direction only. The return crossing runs on its own timetable and this page does not speak for it.
- 19:30First departure
- 19:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Sailings on September 17, 2026
Real sailings, with the fares the operator is charging. Check the season before you count on one.
19:3014:3019h
IRISH FERRIESVessel ISLE OF INISHEERDirect
CHERBOURG → DUBLIN
from €247.00seat
Vehicles carriedPets carried
Fares on the crossing run from €247.00 to €289.00 on September 17, 2026, depending on the sailing and on whether you take a deck space, a seat or a cabin.
Irish 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 17, 2026
€247.00
IRISH 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 Dublin. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Dublin for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Cherbourg to Dublin
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €42.6990 days
- €32.7960 days
- €41.5945 days
- €44.3430 days
- €44.8921 days
- €44.8914 days
- €57.547 days
- €80.643 days
- €74.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €32.79.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 146 percent. The most expensive point is €80.64, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Cherbourg to Dublin and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
573 km
521 km as the crow flies, 10% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
26,655 → 1,024,027
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 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 573 km against 521 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 Nantes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 102 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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.
Dublin is large, and the road in from DUB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Dublin
Settled in advance, so the ride into Dublin costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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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 Dublin Heuston
Most of the points near Dublin Heuston open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Cherbourg to Dublin
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 Cherbourg to Dublin?
The fastest journey from Cherbourg to Dublin takes 18h 7m door to door, of which 19h is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 19h 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 Cherbourg to Dublin?
The cheapest fare from Cherbourg to Dublin is €44.89, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €59.74. 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 Cherbourg to Dublin?
The cheapest way from Cherbourg to Dublin is by ferry, at €44.89 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 20h 30m 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 Cherbourg to Dublin?
Fares from Cherbourg to Dublin bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €32.79. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 146 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Cherbourg to Dublin?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Cherbourg to Dublin, at €44.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Cherbourg to Dublin?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cherbourg to Dublin, at €34.44 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 Cherbourg to Dublin?
1 operators sell services from Cherbourg to Dublin across 1 mode: Irish 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 Cherbourg to Dublin?
50 percent of the services we sell from Cherbourg to Dublin are direct. The rest connect at Nantes, with about 102 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 Cherbourg to Dublin use?
Services from Cherbourg to Dublin by ferry leave from CHERBOURG and arrive at DUBLIN. 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 Cherbourg to Dublin?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Cherbourg to Dublin 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 Cherbourg to Dublin on September 15, 2026: 573 km of route against 521 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €44.89, and 18h 7m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Cherbourg reaches 28 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 106 to 684 km. Dublin reaches 207 places in 44 countries, from 43 to 8,306 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Cherbourg
- 28Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Dublin
Leaving Dublin
- 207Places you can leave for
- 44Countries
- 76Operators