East Cowes to Southampton runs about 19 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 21:38. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 2h 24m over 20 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for September 20, 2026
€11.88
When it runs, leaving East Cowes
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.
- 06:03First departure
- 21:38Last departure
- 19Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Departures on September 28, 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
08:3009:301h
East Cowes FerryRed FunnelDirect
East Cowes Ferry Terminal → Southampton Vehicle Ferry Terminal
Red Funnel timetable09:1511:021h 47m
IOW HovercraftHovertravel4 changes
Ryde Hoverport → Southampton Central
Hovertravel timetable
Red Funnel runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €11.88Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €11.88Thu24
- about €11.88Fri25
- about €11.88Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
- about €11.88Tue6
- about €11.88Wed7
- about €11.88Thu8
- about €11.88Fri9
- about €11.88Sat10
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 Southampton. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Southampton for the night the ferry gets in
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When to book East Cowes to Southampton
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €11.883 days
- €11.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 0 percent. The most expensive point is €11.88, 90 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 1 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to East Cowes to Southampton and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
09:30 → 11:54
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
20 km
18 km as the crow flies, 11% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
8,428 → 269,781
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
The route
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 20 km against 18 km in a straight line, a detour of 11 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from SOU into Southampton is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Southampton
Settled in advance, so the ride into Southampton 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 Southampton Central
Most of the points near Southampton Central open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about East Cowes to Southampton
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 East Cowes to Southampton?
The fastest journey from East Cowes to Southampton takes 2h 24m door to door, of which 54m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 2h 27m, 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 East Cowes to Southampton?
The cheapest fare from East Cowes to Southampton is €11.88, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. 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 East Cowes to Southampton?
The cheapest way from East Cowes to Southampton is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 20, 2026. That journey takes 2h 24m 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 East Cowes to Southampton?
Fares from East Cowes to Southampton bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 0 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for East Cowes to Southampton?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from East Cowes to Southampton, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for East Cowes to Southampton?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from East Cowes to Southampton, at €11.88 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 East Cowes to Southampton?
1 operators sell services from East Cowes to Southampton across 1 mode: Red Funnel. 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 East Cowes to Southampton?
Every service we sell from East Cowes to Southampton is direct, with around 19 departures a day and a fastest journey of 2h 24m 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 East Cowes to Southampton use?
Services from East Cowes to Southampton by ferry leave from East Cowes Ferry Terminal and arrive at Southampton Vehicle Ferry Terminal. 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 East Cowes to Southampton?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from East Cowes to Southampton 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.
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 East Cowes to Southampton on September 19, 2026: 20 km of route against 18 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 2h 24m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
East Cowes reaches 1 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 18 to 18 km. Southampton reaches 96 places in 10 countries, from 17 to 1,628 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Arriving in Southampton
Leaving Southampton
- 96Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 21Operators