George Town, Penang, Malaysia

Kota Bharu to George Town

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Kota Bharu to George Town. From €31.41, fastest 3h 53m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Kota Bharu to George Town runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:11 and the last around 06:11. One passenger pays €31.41, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 53m over 232 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €31.41, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for September 28, 2026

€31.41

  • 62%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Kota Bharu

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.

  • 06:11First departure
  • 06:11Last 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 €50.88Sat19
  2. about €52.06Sun20
  3. about €36.13Mon21
  4. about €36.13Tue22
  5. about €41.44Wed23
  6. about €46.16Thu24
  7. about €37.31Fri25
  8. about €36.72Sat26
  9. about €40.26Sun27
  10. about €31.41Mon28
  11. about €31.41Tue29
  12. about €32.59Wed30
  13. about €39.67Thu1
  14. about €38.49Fri2
  15. about €38.49Sat3
  16. about €31.41Sun4
  17. about €31.41Mon5
  18. about €31.41Tue6
  19. about €32.59Wed7
  20. about €35.54Thu8
  21. about €31.41Fri9

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 flight gets you into George Town. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in George Town for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Komtar 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 Kota Bharu to George Town

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

  1. €35.5490 days
  2. €31.4160 days
  3. €31.4145 days
  4. €31.4130 days
  5. €31.4121 days
  6. €38.4914 days
  7. €37.317 days
  8. €36.133 days
  9. €50.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 62 percent. The most expensive point is €50.88, 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.
€50.88€31.41137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Kota Bharu to George Town 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

232 km

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

Who lives at each end

568,900158,336

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

Kota BharuKota BharuGeorge TownGeorge Town
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 232 km against 225 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Alor Setar, Ipoh, Kampung Baru Subang, Kuala Lumpur. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 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.

The fare from PEN into George Town is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in George Town

Settled in advance, so the ride into George Town 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 flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Komtar station

Most of the points near Komtar station 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 Kota Bharu to George Town

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 Kota Bharu to George Town?

The fastest journey from Kota Bharu to George Town takes 3h 53m door to door, of which 44m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 54m, 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 Kota Bharu to George Town?

The cheapest fare from Kota Bharu to George Town is €31.41, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €36.13. 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 Kota Bharu to George Town?

The cheapest way from Kota Bharu to George Town is by flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 3h 54m 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 Kota Bharu to George Town?

Fares from Kota Bharu to George Town bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 62 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Kota Bharu to George Town?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Kota Bharu to George Town, at €31.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Kota Bharu to George Town?

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Kota Bharu to George Town, 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 Kota Bharu to George Town?

No operator record names Kota Bharu to George Town directly. Firefly 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 Kota Bharu to George Town?

20 percent of the services we sell from Kota Bharu to George Town are direct. The rest connect at Alor Setar, Ipoh, Kampung Baru Subang, Kuala Lumpur, with about 70 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 Kota Bharu to George Town use?

Services from Kota Bharu to George Town by flight leave from Kota Bharu KBR and arrive at George Town PEN. 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 Kota Bharu to George Town?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Kota Bharu to George Town 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 Kota Bharu to George Town on September 18, 2026: 232 km of route against 225 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 53m 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 George Town 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 George Town and across Malaysia

Day trips that leave George Town in the morning and cover a good part of Malaysia 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

Kota Bharu reaches 29 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 133 to 1,529 km. George Town reaches 35 places in 12 countries, from 43 to 5,639 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Kota Bharu

  • 29Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 6Operators

Arriving in George Town

Leaving George Town

  • 35Places you can leave for
  • 12Countries
  • 23Operators

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