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Helsinki to Stockholm

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Helsinki to Stockholm. From €23.99, fastest 13h 34m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Helsinki to Stockholm runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:23 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €23.99 and €27.84, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 13h 34m over 415 km, on services run by 2 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 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026

€23.99 to €27.84

  • 128%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Helsinki

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.

  • 06:23First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 40%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.

  1. 17:5504:3010h 35m

    Turku-StockholmViking LineDirect

    TurkuStockholm

    Viking Line timetable

Silja Line 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

  1. about €55.89Fri18
  2. about €57.54Sat19
  3. about €44.34Sun20
  4. about €39.39Mon21
  5. about €45.44Tue22
  6. about €42.14Wed23
  7. about €41.04Thu24
  8. about €43.23Fri25
  9. about €37.19Sat26
  10. about €34.99Sun27
  11. about €30.59Mon28
  12. about €29.49Tue29
  13. about €36.09Wed30
  14. about €33.34Thu1
  15. about €27.84Fri2
  16. about €31.14Sat3
  17. about €27.84Sun4
  18. about €27.84Mon5
  19. about €23.99Tue6
  20. about €24.54Wed7
  21. about €34.44Thu8

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 Stockholm. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Stockholm for the night the ferry gets in

Sort by distance from Stockholm Centralstation and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Helsinki to Stockholm

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

  1. €26.1990 days
  2. €25.6460 days
  3. €24.5445 days
  4. €34.9830 days
  5. €34.4421 days
  6. €33.3414 days
  7. €41.047 days
  8. €44.343 days
  9. €55.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €24.54.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 128 percent. The most expensive point is €55.89, 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.
€55.89€24.54137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Helsinki to Stockholm and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

20:5509:29

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

415 km

396 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

658,8641,515,017

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

HelsinkiHelsinkiStockholmStockholm
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
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 415 km against 396 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Åkersberga, Turku, Gustavsberg, Norrtälje. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.

Stockholm is large, and the road in from ARN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Stockholm

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

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

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 Stockholm Centralstation

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

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Helsinki to Stockholm

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 Helsinki to Stockholm?

The fastest journey from Helsinki to Stockholm takes 13h 34m door to door, of which 12h 16m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 14h 22m, 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 Helsinki to Stockholm?

The cheapest fare from Helsinki to Stockholm is €23.99, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €38.57. 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 Helsinki to Stockholm?

The cheapest way from Helsinki to Stockholm is by ferry, at €23.99 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 13h 46m 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 Helsinki to Stockholm?

Fares from Helsinki to Stockholm bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €24.54. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 128 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 Helsinki to Stockholm?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Helsinki to Stockholm, at €29.49. 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 Helsinki to Stockholm?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Helsinki to Stockholm, at €19.59 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 Helsinki to Stockholm?

No operator record names Helsinki to Stockholm directly. Silja Line, Viking Line 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 Helsinki to Stockholm?

33 percent of the services we sell from Helsinki to Stockholm are direct. The rest connect at Åkersberga, Turku, Gustavsberg, Norrtälje, with about 66 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 Helsinki to Stockholm use?

Services from Helsinki to Stockholm by ferry leave from Turku and arrive at Stockholm. 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 Helsinki to Stockholm?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Helsinki to Stockholm 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 Helsinki to Stockholm on September 17, 2026: 415 km of route against 396 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €23.99, and 13h 34m 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 Stockholm 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 Stockholm and across Sweden

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

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Helsinki reaches 29 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 47 to 883 km. Stockholm reaches 231 places in 55 countries, from 18 to 8,801 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Helsinki

  • 29Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 4Operators

Arriving in Stockholm

Leaving Stockholm

  • 231Places you can leave for
  • 55Countries
  • 91Operators

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