The Ganga and Meer and Dasaswarmedh Ghat from our balcony of the Hotel Alka and our first real view of everything going on along the river.

Khajuraho to Varanasi

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Khajuraho to Varanasi. From €37.90, fastest 3h 59m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Khajuraho to Varanasi runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:28 and the last around 06:28. One passenger pays €37.90, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 59m over 324 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 20, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €37.90, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026

€37.90

  • 160%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Khajuraho

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:28First departure
  • 06:28Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €81.56Mon21
  2. about €68.58Tue22
  3. about €59.14Wed23
  4. about €78.02Thu24
  5. about €75.07Fri25
  6. about €76.25Sat26
  7. about €53.83Sun27
  8. about €51.47Mon28
  9. about €50.88Tue29
  10. about €53.24Wed30
  11. about €52.65Thu1
  12. about €53.24Fri2
  13. about €53.24Sat3
  14. about €56.78Sun4
  15. about €37.90Mon5
  16. about €42.03Tue6
  17. about €39.67Wed7
  18. about €46.16Thu8
  19. about €44.39Fri9
  20. about €37.90Sat10
  21. about €41.44Sun11

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Varanasi for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Varanasi City 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 Khajuraho to Varanasi

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

  1. €52.6590 days
  2. €33.7760 days
  3. €37.9045 days
  4. €31.4130 days
  5. €41.4421 days
  6. €56.7814 days
  7. €53.837 days
  8. €59.143 days
  9. €81.561 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 160 percent. The most expensive point is €81.56, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€81.56€31.41137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Khajuraho to Varanasi 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

324 km

314 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

25,6621,164,404

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

The route

KanpurKanpurPatnaPatnaPrayagrajPrayagrajGwaliorGwaliorGayaGayaJhānsiJhānsiSaugorSaugorArrahArrahMauMauRewaRewaMurwāraMurwāraSingrauliSingrauliChāpraChāpraMorenaMorenaRaebareliRaebareliJaunpurJaunpurKhajuraho Group of MonumentsKhajuraho Group of MonumentsVaranasiVaranasiMap 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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 324 km against 314 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

Varanasi is large, and the road in from VNS 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 Varanasi

Settled in advance, so the ride into Varanasi 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 Varanasi City railway station

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

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Questions about Khajuraho to Varanasi

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 Khajuraho to Varanasi?

The fastest journey from Khajuraho to Varanasi takes 3h 59m door to door, of which 50m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 1m, 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 Khajuraho to Varanasi?

The cheapest fare from Khajuraho to Varanasi is €37.90, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €53.24. 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 Khajuraho to Varanasi?

The cheapest way from Khajuraho to Varanasi is by flight, at €37.90 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 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 Khajuraho to Varanasi?

Fares from Khajuraho to Varanasi bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 160 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Khajuraho to Varanasi?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Khajuraho to Varanasi, at €50.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Khajuraho to Varanasi?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Khajuraho to Varanasi, at €31.41 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 Khajuraho to Varanasi?

1 operators sell services from Khajuraho to Varanasi across 1 mode: Air India Limited. 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 Khajuraho to Varanasi?

Every service we sell from Khajuraho to Varanasi is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 3h 59m 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 Khajuraho to Varanasi use?

Services from Khajuraho to Varanasi by flight leave from Khajuraho Airport HJR and arrive at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport VNS. 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 Khajuraho to Varanasi?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Khajuraho to Varanasi 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 Khajuraho to Varanasi on September 20, 2026: 324 km of route against 314 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €37.90, and 3h 59m 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 Varanasi a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Varanasi and across India

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

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The two ends, compared

Khajuraho reaches 3 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 314 to 501 km. Varanasi reaches 62 places in 3 countries, from 45 to 2,769 km.

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Leaving Khajuraho

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  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

Arriving in Varanasi

Leaving Varanasi

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  • 3Countries
  • 13Operators

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