Cherbourg to Le Havre runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €21.77, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 43m over 238 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €21.77, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€21.77
- 18%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Cherbourg
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.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
No sea route
There is no ferry between Cherbourg and Le Havre. 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.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €23.98Wed16
- about €31.68Thu17
- about €25.63Fri18
- about €27.83Sat19
- about €25.08Sun20
- about €23.98Mon21
- about €21.77Tue22
- about €23.43Wed23
- about €22.88Thu24
- about €23.98Fri25
- about €24.53Sat26
- about €21.77Sun27
- about €22.88Mon28
- about €21.77Tue29
- about €21.77Wed30
- about €21.77Thu1
- about €21.77Fri2
- about €22.33Sat3
- about €21.77Sun4
- about €21.77Mon5
- about €21.77Tue6
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 ferry gets you into Le Havre. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Le Havre for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book Cherbourg to Le Havre
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €21.7790 days
- €21.7760 days
- €21.7745 days
- €21.7730 days
- €21.7721 days
- €21.7714 days
- €21.777 days
- €25.633 days
- €23.981 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €21.77.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 18 percent. The most expensive point is €25.63, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Cherbourg to Le Havre 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
238 km
125 km as the crow flies, 90% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
26,655 → 185,972
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 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.
- Direct or connecting
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 238 km against 125 km in a straight line, a detour of 90 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Gosport. The gap between arriving and leaving is 62 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 15 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.
The fare from DOL into Le Havre is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Le Havre
Settled in advance, so the ride into Le Havre 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 Harfleur
Most of the points near Harfleur open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Cherbourg to Le Havre
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 Le Havre?
The fastest journey from Cherbourg to Le Havre takes 7h 43m door to door, of which 5h 15m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 10h 29m, 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 Le Havre?
The cheapest fare from Cherbourg to Le Havre is €21.77, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €24.81. 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 Le Havre?
The cheapest way from Cherbourg to Le Havre is by ferry, at €21.77 for one passenger on September 22, 2026. That journey takes 7h 47m 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 Le Havre?
Fares from Cherbourg to Le Havre bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €21.77. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 18 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 Le Havre?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Cherbourg to Le Havre, at €21.77. 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 Le Havre?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Cherbourg to Le Havre, at €21.77 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 Le Havre?
2 operators sell services from Cherbourg to Le Havre across 1 mode: Brittany Ferries, LD Lines. 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 Le Havre?
0 percent of the services we sell from Cherbourg to Le Havre are direct. The rest connect at Hérouville-Saint-Clair, Gosport, with about 62 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 Le Havre use?
Services from Cherbourg to Le Havre by ferry leave from CHERBOURG and arrive at LE HAVRE. 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 Le Havre?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Cherbourg to Le Havre 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Le Havre on September 15, 2026: 238 km of route against 125 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €21.77, and 7h 43m 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 Le Havre a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Le Havre and across France
Day trips that leave Le Havre in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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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. Le Havre reaches 77 places in 6 countries, from 43 to 2,685 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Cherbourg
- 28Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Le Havre
Leaving Le Havre
- 77Places you can leave for
- 6Countries
- 18Operators