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Jambi City to Padang

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Jambi City to Padang. From €79.20, fastest 6h 28m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Jambi City to Padang runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €79.20, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 28m over 802 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €79.20, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€79.20

  • 182%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Jambi City

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €206.64Thu24
  2. about €191.30Fri25
  3. about €133.48Sat26
  4. about €145.87Sun27
  5. about €105.16Mon28
  6. about €129.94Tue29
  7. about €91.59Wed30
  8. about €134.66Thu1
  9. about €109.29Fri2
  10. about €114.01Sat3
  11. about €122.27Sun4
  12. about €101.62Mon5
  13. about €92.77Tue6
  14. about €93.36Wed7
  15. about €91.00Thu8
  16. about €80.38Fri9
  17. about €103.39Sat10
  18. about €89.82Sun11
  19. about €85.69Mon12
  20. about €79.20Tue13
  21. about €88.05Wed14

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

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

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 Jambi City to Padang

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

  1. €73.3090 days
  2. €85.6960 days
  3. €83.9245 days
  4. €82.1530 days
  5. €88.0521 days
  6. €93.3614 days
  7. €91.597 days
  8. €133.483 days
  9. €206.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €73.30.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 182 percent. The most expensive point is €206.64, 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.
€206.64€73.30137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Jambi City to Padang 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

802 km

370 km as the crow flies, 117% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

635,101942,938

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

The route

PalembangPalembangBukittinggiBukittinggiJambi CityJambi CityPadangPadangMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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 802 km against 370 km in a straight line, a detour of 117 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Batam. The gap between arriving and leaving is 87 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

The fare from PDG into Padang is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Padang

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

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

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 Jambi City 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 Jambi City to Padang?

The fastest journey from Jambi City to Padang takes 6h 28m door to door, of which 1h 58m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 32m, 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 Jambi City to Padang?

The cheapest fare from Jambi City to Padang is €79.20, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €103.39. 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 Jambi City to Padang?

The cheapest way from Jambi City to Padang is by flight, at €79.20 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 6h 35m 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 Jambi City to Padang?

Fares from Jambi City to Padang bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €73.30. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 182 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Jambi City to Padang?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Jambi City to Padang, at €91.59. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Jambi City to Padang?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Jambi City to Padang, at €60.32 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 Jambi City to Padang?

1 operators sell services from Jambi City to Padang across 1 mode: 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 Jambi City to Padang?

0 percent of the services we sell from Jambi City to Padang are direct. The rest connect at Batam, with about 87 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 Jambi City to Padang use?

Services from Jambi City to Padang by flight leave from Sultan Thaha Airport DJB and arrive at Minangkabau International Airport 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 Jambi City to Padang?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Jambi City 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

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Jambi City to Padang on September 23, 2026: 802 km of route against 370 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €79.20, and 6h 28m 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

Jambi City reaches 15 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 193 to 1,045 km. Padang reaches 17 places in 3 countries, from 71 to 1,855 km.

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