Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Dublin to Zadar. From €174.19, fastest 6h, with the total price and every fee shown up front.
Traveling from Dublin to Zadar costs €174.19 at the cheapest and takes 6h door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 1,924 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.
Checked September 12, 2026Priced for October 2, 2026One passenger, all fees included
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 October 2, 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.
Mode
Door to door
Moving
At the ends
From
CO2
Per day
Flight
6h
2h 50m
3h 10m
€177.14
473.3 kg
6
6hFastest, by Flight
€177.14Cheapest, by Flight
473.3 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
1,924 kmDistance traveled
Real services
The cheapest and the fastest on October 2, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Babić B580111:251h 55m13:20Autobusni kolodvor PulaZadar Bus Station
Changes at Pula, with 62 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 7h 47mCO2 442.1 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes
Fastest€217.85
Ryanair R437514:342h 50m17:24Dublin DUBZadar ZAD
Door to door 6hCO2 473.3 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
Operator
Service
Departs
Arrives
Takes
Aircoach4 changes
702
09:58
10:27
24h 34m
Aircoach5 changes
702
09:58
08:56
23h 3m
Aircoach5 changes
702
06:07
13:49
55h 47m
Aircoach6 changes
702
06:07
10:26
28h 24m
Aircoach7 changes
702
06:07
08:56
26h 54m
Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail6 changes
rail
06:07
13:49
55h 44m
Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail7 changes
rail
06:07
10:26
28h 21m
Iarnród Éireann / Irish Rail8 changes
rail
06:07
08:56
26h 51m
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.
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Booking window
When to book Dublin to Zadar
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
€197.7990 days
€126.9960 days
€125.2245 days
€128.1630 days
€184.8121 days
€194.2514 days
€230.247 days
€233.783 days
€342.931 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €125.22.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 174 percent. The most expensive point is €342.93, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
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.
€221.98Sun
€189.53Mon
€178.91Tue
€217.85Wed
€255.02Thu
€234.37Fri
€194.25Sat
Across the year
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
€233.78Sep
€179.49Oct
€161.79Nov
€154.72Dec
€145.87Jan
€128.16Feb
The route
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
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,924 km against 1,868 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 Zürich, Pula, Birmingham, London. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Dublin at 06:21 and the last at 14:34, across 6 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
Zadar
Rail
Zadar station
Bibinje
Zadar
Bus
Zadar Bus Station
Preko
Air
ZAD
Ferry
Zadar
Preko
Landing at ZAD after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.
Getting from ZAD into Zadar
Settled in advance, so the ride into Zadar costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Questions about Dublin to Zadar
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 Zadar?
The fastest journey from Dublin to Zadar takes 6h door to door, of which 2h 50m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 6h 11m, 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 Zadar?
The cheapest fare from Dublin to Zadar is €174.19, checked on October 2, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €244.40. 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 Zadar?
The cheapest way from Dublin to Zadar is by Flight, at €177.14 for one passenger on October 2, 2026. That journey takes 6h 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 Zadar?
Fares from Dublin to Zadar bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €125.22. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 174 percent, measured on October 2, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Dublin to Zadar?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Dublin to Zadar, at €178.91. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on October 2, 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 Zadar?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Dublin to Zadar, at €128.16 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 Zadar?
1 operators sell services from Dublin to Zadar 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 Zadar?
33 percent of the services we sell from Dublin to Zadar are direct. The rest connect at Zürich, Pula, Birmingham, London, with about 46 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 Dublin to Zadar use?
Services from Dublin to Zadar by Flight leave from Dublin DUB and arrive at Zadar ZAD. 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 Zadar?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Dublin to Zadar 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.
Every figure above was computed for Dublin to Zadar on September 12, 2026: 1924 km of route against 1868 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €174.19, and 6h 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 Zadar is somebody else's catalog.
Anything to book in Zadar before you go?
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Zadar, with free cancellation on most of it.