Heraklion to Kýthnos runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:19 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €16.84 and €20.14, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 55m over 252 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
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 5, 2026
€16.84 to €20.14
- 199%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Heraklion
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.
- 06:19First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
ANEK Lines and Blue Star Ferries 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 €38.84Fri18
- about €38.29Sat19
- about €31.69Sun20
- about €25.09Mon21
- about €25.09Tue22
- about €26.74Wed23
- about €25.09Thu24
- about €24.54Fri25
- about €24.54Sat26
- about €23.99Sun27
- about €21.24Mon28
- about €19.04Tue29
- about €20.14Wed30
- about €22.34Thu1
- about €19.04Fri2
- about €18.49Sat3
- about €19.59Sun4
- about €16.84Mon5
- about €16.84Tue6
- about €19.59Wed7
- about €23.99Thu8
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 Kýthnos. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kýthnos for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from KYTHNOS and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Heraklion to Kýthnos
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.2990 days
- €12.9960 days
- €17.9445 days
- €15.7430 days
- €23.9921 days
- €22.3414 days
- €25.097 days
- €31.693 days
- €38.841 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €12.99.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 199 percent. The most expensive point is €38.84, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Heraklion to Kýthnos 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
252 km
240 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
137,154 → 0
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
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 252 km against 240 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 Sérifos, Mílos, Náxos, Páros. The gap between arriving and leaving is 55 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
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 KYTHNOS
Most of the points near KYTHNOS open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Heraklion to Kýthnos
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 Heraklion to Kýthnos?
The fastest journey from Heraklion to Kýthnos takes 8h 55m door to door, of which 7h 34m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 9h 28m, 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 Heraklion to Kýthnos?
The cheapest fare from Heraklion to Kýthnos is €16.84, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €24.54. 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 Heraklion to Kýthnos?
The cheapest way from Heraklion to Kýthnos is by ferry, at €16.84 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 9h 4m 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 Heraklion to Kýthnos?
Fares from Heraklion to Kýthnos bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €12.99. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 199 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 Heraklion to Kýthnos?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Heraklion to Kýthnos, at €19.04. 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 Heraklion to Kýthnos?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Heraklion to Kýthnos, at €12.99 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 Heraklion to Kýthnos?
No operator record names Heraklion to Kýthnos directly. ANEK Lines and Blue Star Ferries, Minoan Lines 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 Heraklion to Kýthnos?
33 percent of the services we sell from Heraklion to Kýthnos are direct. The rest connect at Sérifos, Mílos, Náxos, Páros, with about 55 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 Heraklion to Kýthnos use?
Services from Heraklion to Kýthnos by ferry leave from HERAKLIO and arrive at KYTHNOS. 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 Heraklion to Kýthnos?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Heraklion to Kýthnos 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 Heraklion to Kýthnos on September 17, 2026: 252 km of route against 240 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €16.84, and 8h 55m 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 Kýthnos a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Kýthnos and across Greece
Day trips that leave Kýthnos in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Heraklion reaches 137 places in 32 countries on services we hold, over distances from 88 to 3,566 km. Kýthnos reaches 21 places in 2 countries, from 26 to 264 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Heraklion
- 137Places you can leave for
- 32Countries
- 82Operators
Arriving in Kýthnos
Leaving Kýthnos
- 21Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 6Operators