Kristiansand to Stavanger runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:01 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €11.88 and €31.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 1h 54m over 161 km, on services run by 4 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€11.88 to €31.41
- 141%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kristiansand
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.
- 06:01First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Departures on September 28, 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. We hold no fare for these services, so there is no price here to mislead you.
10:0013:183h 18m
F5Go-Ahead Norge ASDirect
Kristiansand stasjon → Stavanger stasjon
Calls at Nodeland stasjon 10:08 · Marnardal stasjon 10:31 · Audnedal stasjon 10:44 · Snartemo stasjon 10:52 · Storekvina stasjon 11:07 · Gyland stasjon 11:12 · Sira stasjon 11:24 · Moi stasjon 11:31 · Egersund stasjon 12:06 · Bryne stasjon 12:44
Go-Ahead Norge AS timetable10:3514:143h 39m
VY190Vy BussDirect
Kristiansand rutebilstasjon → Stavanger bussterminal
Calls at Grauthelleren E39 10:40 · Monan E39 10:45 · Dølebru E39 10:52 · Mandalskrysset 10:58 · Marnarkrysset 11:01 · Livoll 11:13 · Herdalskrysset 11:29 · Feda terminal 11:49 · Flekkefjord rutebilstasjon 12:20 · Sirnes E39 12:34
Reservation required
Vy Buss timetable
Go-Ahead Norge runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Kristiansand to Stavanger on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fjord Line 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 €26.74Tue15
- about €27.84Wed16
- about €30.04Thu17
- about €26.19Fri18
- about €19.59Sat19
- about €20.14Sun20
- about €21.79Mon21
- about €15.74Tue22
- about €13.54Wed23
- about €17.39Thu24
- about €20.14Fri25
- about €19.59Sat26
- about €14.64Sun27
- about €17.39Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €14.09Wed30
- about €15.74Thu1
- about €16.84Fri2
- about €16.29Sat3
- about €11.89Sun4
- about €12.99Mon5
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 Stavanger. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Stavanger for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Kristiansand to Stavanger
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €12.9990 days
- €12.9960 days
- €12.4445 days
- €12.4430 days
- €12.9921 days
- €17.3914 days
- €21.797 days
- €30.043 days
- €26.741 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €12.44.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 141 percent. The most expensive point is €30.04, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 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 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Kristiansand to Stavanger and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
12:00 → 13:54
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
161 km
160 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
117,237 → 151,669
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
4/6
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 actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 161 km against 160 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Sandefjord, Hirtshals, Bergen, Skien. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 SVG into Stavanger is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Stavanger
Settled in advance, so the ride into Stavanger 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.
Baggage storage near Stavanger
Most of the points near Stavanger open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Kristiansand to Stavanger
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 Kristiansand to Stavanger?
The fastest journey from Kristiansand to Stavanger takes 1h 54m door to door, of which 1h 15m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 37m, 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 Kristiansand to Stavanger?
The cheapest fare from Kristiansand to Stavanger is €11.88, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.00. 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 Kristiansand to Stavanger?
The cheapest way from Kristiansand to Stavanger is by ferry, at €13.54 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 6h 48m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Kristiansand to Stavanger?
The fastest way from Kristiansand to Stavanger is by train, at 1h 59m door to door. Only 1h 15m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €23.44.
When should I book Kristiansand to Stavanger?
Fares from Kristiansand to Stavanger bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €12.44. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 141 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Kristiansand to Stavanger?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kristiansand to Stavanger, at €14.09. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Kristiansand to Stavanger?
December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kristiansand to Stavanger, at €11.88 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 Kristiansand to Stavanger?
4 operators sell services from Kristiansand to Stavanger across 3 modes: Fjord Line, Go-Ahead Norge, Vy, Widerøe. 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 Kristiansand to Stavanger?
50 percent of the services we sell from Kristiansand to Stavanger are direct. The rest connect at Sandefjord, Hirtshals, Bergen, Skien, with about 46 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Kristiansand to Stavanger produce?
Traveling from Kristiansand to Stavanger by train produces about 5.3 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 40.6 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Kristiansand to Stavanger use?
Services from Kristiansand to Stavanger by train leave from Kristiansand and arrive at Stavanger. Allow about 44m 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 Kristiansand to Stavanger?
3 of the 4 operators we sell from Kristiansand to Stavanger 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
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 Kristiansand to Stavanger on September 14, 2026: 161 km of route against 160 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 1h 54m 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 Stavanger a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Stavanger and across Norway
Day trips that leave Stavanger in the morning and cover a good part of Norway by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kristiansand reaches 21 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 132 to 3,800 km. Stavanger reaches 56 places in 19 countries, from 160 to 3,796 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kristiansand
- 21Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 14Operators
Arriving in Stavanger
Leaving Stavanger
- 56Places you can leave for
- 19Countries
- 23Operators