Scenic view of Montreal's iconic Clock Tower from the water on a clear day.

Detroit to Montreal

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Detroit to Montreal. From €68.58, fastest 4h 40m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Detroit to Montreal runs about 24 times a day, with the first departure around 06:04 and the last around 20:00. One passenger pays between €68.58 and €76.25, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 40m over 860 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 17, 2026Priced for October 6, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€68.58 to €76.25

  • 212%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Detroit

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.

  • 06:04First departure
  • 20:00Last departure
  • 24Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €184.81Fri18
  2. about €162.39Sat19
  3. about €158.85Sun20
  4. about €108.70Mon21
  5. about €106.34Tue22
  6. about €114.01Wed23
  7. about €145.87Thu24
  8. about €106.93Fri25
  9. about €110.47Sat26
  10. about €101.62Sun27
  11. about €89.23Mon28
  12. about €86.28Tue29
  13. about €93.95Wed30
  14. about €106.34Thu1
  15. about €82.74Fri2
  16. about €86.87Sat3
  17. about €79.79Sun4
  18. about €69.76Mon5
  19. about €68.58Tue6
  20. about €72.71Wed7
  21. about €94.54Thu8

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

A hotel room

A room in Montreal for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Montreal Gare Centrale and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Detroit to Montreal

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

  1. €76.2590 days
  2. €59.1460 days
  3. €65.6345 days
  4. €75.6630 days
  5. €94.5421 days
  6. €106.3414 days
  7. €145.877 days
  8. €158.853 days
  9. €184.811 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €59.14.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 212 percent. The most expensive point is €184.81, 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.
€184.81€59.14137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Detroit to Montreal 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

860 km

835 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

645,7051,762,949

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

DetroitDetroitMontréalMontréal
The journey

What the journey 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 860 km against 835 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Montreal Gare Centrale

Most of the points near Montreal Gare Centrale open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Detroit to Montreal

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 Detroit to Montreal?

The fastest journey from Detroit to Montreal takes 4h 40m door to door, of which 1h 31m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 45m, 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 Detroit to Montreal?

The cheapest fare from Detroit to Montreal is €68.58, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €117.55. 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 Detroit to Montreal?

The cheapest way from Detroit to Montreal is by flight, at €68.58 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 41m 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 Detroit to Montreal?

Fares from Detroit to Montreal bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €59.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 212 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 Detroit to Montreal?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Detroit to Montreal, at €86.28. 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 Detroit to Montreal?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Detroit to Montreal, at €59.14 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 Detroit to Montreal?

No operator record names Detroit to Montreal directly. Air Canada Jazz, Endeavor Air, GoJet Airlines, SkyWest publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Detroit to Montreal?

Every service we sell from Detroit to Montreal is direct, with around 24 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 40m 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 Detroit to Montreal use?

Services from Detroit to Montreal by flight leave from Detroit DTW and arrive at Montréal YUL. 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 Detroit to Montreal?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Detroit to Montreal 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 Detroit to Montreal on September 17, 2026: 860 km of route against 835 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €68.58, and 4h 40m 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 Montreal a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Montreal and across Canada

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

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The two ends, compared

Detroit reaches 140 places in 18 countries on services we hold, over distances from 57 to 11,461 km. Montreal reaches 139 places in 36 countries, from 123 to 10,622 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Detroit

  • 140Places you can leave for
  • 18Countries
  • 30Operators

Arriving in Montreal

Leaving Montreal

  • 139Places you can leave for
  • 36Countries
  • 48Operators

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