Night skyline of Ljubljana (capital of Slovenia), taken from the Nebotičnik. In the middle Slovenska street continues to Dunajska street.

Dubrovnik to Ljubljana

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana. From $29.50, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays between $29.50 and $71.72, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 506 km and are run by 4 operators across 2 modes.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 23, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 23, 2026

$29.50 to $71.72

  • 112%Moves across the booking window

Departure times on this route

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about $57.40Wed7
  2. about $79.23Thu8
  3. about $48.90Fri9
  4. about $59.22Sat10
  5. about $59.22Sun11
  6. about $44.05Mon12
  7. about $39.20Tue13
  8. about $37.38Wed14
  9. about $47.09Thu15
  10. about $41.63Fri16
  11. about $41.02Sat17
  12. about $41.02Sun18
  13. about $37.98Mon19
  14. about $30.10Tue20
  15. about $31.31Wed21
  16. about $41.63Thu22
  17. about $29.50Fri23
  18. about $38.59Sat24
  19. about $33.74Sun25
  20. about $34.95Mon26
  21. about $31.92Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The ferry gets you into Ljubljana. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Ljubljana for the night the ferry gets in

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Booking window

When to book Dubrovnik to Ljubljana

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

  1. $27.0690 days
  2. $33.1360 days
  3. $31.9245 days
  4. $30.7030 days
  5. $31.9221 days
  6. $30.1014 days
  7. $39.207 days
  8. $48.903 days
  9. $57.401 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $27.06.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 112 percent. The most expensive point is $57.40, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
$57.40$27.06137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Dubrovnik to Ljubljana 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

506 km

475 km as the crow flies, 7% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

26,922 → 272,220

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey 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 506 km against 475 km in a straight line, a detour of 7 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Split, Rijeka. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 LJU into Ljubljana is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Ljubljana

Settled in advance, so the ride into Ljubljana 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.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Ljubljana

Most of the points near Ljubljana open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Dubrovnik to Ljubljana

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 Dubrovnik to Ljubljana?

Dubrovnik to Ljubljana covers 506 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana?

The cheapest fare from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana is $29.50, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $59.22. 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 Dubrovnik to Ljubljana?

The cheapest way from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana is by ferry, at $29.50 for one passenger on October 23, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Dubrovnik to Ljubljana?

Fares from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $27.06. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 112 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Dubrovnik to Ljubljana?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana, at $31.92. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Dubrovnik to Ljubljana?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana, at $24.63 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 Dubrovnik to Ljubljana?

4 operators sell services from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana across 2 modes: Blaguss Slovakia, Brioni, Croatia Airlines, Kapetan Luka-krilo. 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 Dubrovnik to Ljubljana?

0 percent of the services we sell from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana are direct. The rest connect at Split, Rijeka, with about 53 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

How much CO2 does the journey from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana produce?

Traveling from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana by ferry produces about 14.7 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 93.2 kg, roughly 6 times as much for one passenger.

Which station or terminal do services from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana use?

Services from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana by flight leave from Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport DBV and arrive at Ljubljana Avtobusna Postaja. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Dubrovnik to Ljubljana?

3 of the 4 operators we sell from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

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

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Ljubljana and across Slovenia

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

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The two ends, compared

Dubrovnik reaches 50 places in 20 countries on services we hold, over distances from 8 to 3,907 km. Ljubljana reaches 52 places in 16 countries, from 66 to 7,526 km.

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