Dublin to Tralee

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Dublin to Tralee. From €32.00, fastest 3h 55m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Dublin to Tralee costs €32.00 at the cheapest and takes 3h 55m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 268 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
268 km
Fastest
3h 55m
Average
3h 57m
Services per day
2
Cheapest
€32.00
CO2 per passenger
65.9 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
Flight3h 55m45m3h 10m€36.1365.9 kg2
  • 3h 55mFastest, by Flight
  • €36.13Cheapest, by Flight
  • 65.9 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 268 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€32.00
  1. Ryanair R425406:5447m07:41Dublin DUBTralee KIR

Door to door 3h 57mCO2 65.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€39.67
  1. Ryanair R773714:1245m14:57Dublin DUBTralee KIR

Door to door 3h 55mCO2 65.9 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
Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus2 changes2408:0513:255h 23m
Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail3 changesDART08:0713:255h 18m
JJ Kavanagh1 changes73608:2518:4510h 33m
Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus4 changesC308:3113:455h 14m
Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus5 changes2308:3513:455h 13m
Bus Átha Cliath – Dublin Bus2 changesC409:4013:584h 18m

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 Dublin to Tralee
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Dublin to TraleeThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Flight€69.76€56.78€57.37€46.75€40.26€40.26€47.34€43.80€52.65€42.03€38.49€36.13€38.49€40.85

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €32.00

The trip ends at Tralee Casement railway station. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Tralee

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Booking window

When to book Dublin to Tralee

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

  1. €34.3690 days
  2. €31.4160 days
  3. €33.1845 days
  4. €31.4130 days
  5. €36.7221 days
  6. €40.8514 days
  7. €47.347 days
  8. €57.373 days
  9. €69.761 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 122 percent. The most expensive point is €69.76, 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.
€69.76€31.411371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 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. €38.49Sun
  2. €36.13Mon
  3. €38.49Tue
  4. €40.85Wed
  5. €43.80Thu
  6. €52.65Fri
  7. €42.03Sat
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. €40.26Sep
  2. €36.72Oct
  3. €35.54Nov
  4. €32.59Dec
  5. €31.41Jan
  6. €31.41Feb

The route

DublinDublinTraleeTralee
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 268 km against 260 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Dublin at 06:54 and the last at 14:12, 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.

Dublin

Rail
  • Dublin Heuston
  • Dublin Connolly
  • Dublin Pearse railway station
Bus
  • Dublin Busaras
  • Busáras
Air
  • DUB
Ferry
  • Dublin Ferryport
  • Dublin Port Terminal 1

Tralee

Rail
  • Tralee Casement railway station
  • Spa railway station
  • Fenit railway station
Bus
  • Tralee Bus Station
  • Mountcoal Cross
Air
  • KIR

Landing at KIR after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from KIR into Tralee?

Settled in advance, so the ride into Tralee costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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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€32.003h 55m740 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€19.5061%
Taxes€3.5111%
Supplier fees€7.0022%
Our service fee€1.996%
Total you pay€32.00100%

Tralee is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Tralee

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Dublin to Tralee

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 Dublin to Tralee?

The fastest journey from Dublin to Tralee takes 3h 55m door to door, of which 45m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 3h 57m, 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 Dublin to Tralee?

The cheapest fare from Dublin to Tralee is €32.00, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €42.03. 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 Dublin to Tralee?

The cheapest way from Dublin to Tralee is by Flight, at €36.13 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 3h 55m 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 Dublin to Tralee?

Fares from Dublin to Tralee bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 122 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 Dublin to Tralee?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Dublin to Tralee, at €36.13. 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 Dublin to Tralee?

January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Dublin to Tralee, at €31.41 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 Dublin to Tralee?

1 operators sell services from Dublin to Tralee 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 Dublin to Tralee?

Every service we sell from Dublin to Tralee is direct, with around 2 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 55m 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 Dublin to Tralee use?

Services from Dublin to Tralee by Flight leave from Dublin DUB and arrive at Tralee KIR. 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 Dublin to Tralee?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Dublin to Tralee 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 Dublin to Tralee on September 9, 2026: 268 km of route against 260 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €32.00, and 3h 55m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Tralee is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Tralee

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