Jakarta to Padang

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Jakarta to Padang. From €82.74, fastest 4h 47m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Jakarta to Padang costs €82.74 at the cheapest and takes 4h 47m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 5 operators. The route covers 956 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
956 km
Fastest
4h 47m
Average
4h 53m
Services per day
40
Cheapest
€82.74
CO2 per passenger
235.2 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

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 September 28, 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.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 47m1h 37m3h 10m€95.13235.2 kg40
  • 4h 47mFastest, by Flight
  • €95.13Cheapest, by Flight
  • 235.2 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 956 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€82.74
  1. Citilink Indonesia CI103008:101h 48m09:58Jakarta CGKPadang PDG

Door to door 4h 58mCO2 235.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€101.62
  1. Super Air Jet SA174220:091h 37m21:46Jakarta HLPPadang PDG

Door to door 4h 47mCO2 235.2 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.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

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.

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.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Jakarta to Padang
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Jakarta to PadangSatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25
Flight€207.23€167.70€144.10€116.96€124.04€155.31€142.92€121.68€111.65€98.67€95.13€101.62€127.58€116.37

Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €82.74

Padang sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.

A hotel room

A room in Padang for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Padang railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Jakarta to Padang

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

  1. €102.2190 days
  2. €62.6860 days
  3. €67.4045 days
  4. €76.8430 days
  5. €91.5921 days
  6. €116.3714 days
  7. €142.927 days
  8. €144.103 days
  9. €207.231 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €62.68.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 231 percent. The most expensive point is €207.23, 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.
€207.23€62.681371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 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.

  1. €111.65Sun
  2. €98.67Mon
  3. €95.13Tue
  4. €101.62Wed
  5. €127.58Thu
  6. €116.37Fri
  7. €121.68Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €116.96Sep
  2. €86.28Oct
  3. €76.84Nov
  4. €77.43Dec
  5. €78.61Jan
  6. €66.22Feb

The route

JakartaJakartaPadangPadang
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 956 km against 928 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Jakarta at 06:03 and the last at 20:53, across 40 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.

Jakarta

Rail
  • Jakarta Kota railway station
  • Jakarta Gudang railway station
  • Jakarta International Stadium railway station
Bus
  • Jaga Jakarta
  • Senayan Bank Jakarta
Air
  • CGK
  • HLP

Padang

Rail
  • Padang railway station
  • Alai railway station
  • Duku railway station
Bus
  • Halte SDN 12 Padangbesi
  • Halte Lantamal II Padang
Air
  • PDG
Ferry
  • Terminal Penumpang Teluk Bayur

Landing at PDG after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from PDG into Padang?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
Batik Air€83.92
Citilink Indonesia€82.74
Garuda Indonesia€89.23
Lion Mentari Airlines€84.51
Super Air Jet€82.74
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-28, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€62.5076%
Taxes€11.2514%
Supplier fees€7.008%
Our service fee€1.992%
Total you pay€82.74100%

We cannot promise Padang railway station still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Padang railway station

Most of the points near Padang railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Jakarta to Padang

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 Jakarta to Padang?

The fastest journey from Jakarta to Padang takes 4h 47m door to door, of which 1h 37m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 53m, 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 Jakarta to Padang?

The cheapest fare from Jakarta to Padang is €82.74, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €133.78. 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 Jakarta to Padang?

The cheapest way from Jakarta to Padang is by Flight, at €95.13 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 4h 47m 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 Jakarta to Padang?

Fares from Jakarta to Padang bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €62.68. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 231 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Jakarta to Padang?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Jakarta to Padang, at €95.13. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Jakarta to Padang?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Jakarta to Padang, at €66.22 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 Jakarta to Padang?

5 operators sell services from Jakarta to Padang across 1 modes: Batik Air, Citilink Indonesia, Garuda Indonesia, Lion Mentari Airlines, Super Air Jet. 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 Jakarta to Padang?

Every service we sell from Jakarta to Padang is direct, with around 40 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 47m 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 Jakarta to Padang use?

Services from Jakarta to Padang by Flight leave from Jakarta HLP and arrive at Padang PDG. 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 Jakarta to Padang?

0 of the 5 operators we sell from Jakarta to Padang 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.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Jakarta to Padang on September 11, 2026: 956 km of route against 928 km in a straight line, 40 services a day, 5 operators, a cheapest fare of €82.74, and 4h 47m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Padang and elsewhere in Indonesia. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Padang and across Indonesia

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

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