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Lille to Cannes

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Lille to Cannes. From €111.98, fastest 9h 24m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Lille to Cannes runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €111.98, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 9h 24m over 861 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 24, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €111.98, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€111.98

  • 179%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Lille

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

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

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Lille and Cannes.

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Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €254.43Fri25
  2. about €287.43Sat26
  3. about €194.48Sun27
  4. about €142.23Mon28
  5. about €142.78Tue29
  6. about €190.63Wed30
  7. about €159.28Thu1
  8. about €156.53Fri2
  9. about €187.88Sat3
  10. about €127.93Sun4
  11. about €114.18Mon5
  12. about €129.03Tue6
  13. about €140.03Wed7
  14. about €162.58Thu8
  15. about €119.13Fri9
  16. about €131.78Sat10
  17. about €137.83Sun11
  18. about €111.98Mon12
  19. about €118.58Tue13
  20. about €131.23Wed14
  21. about €163.13Thu15

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Cannes for the night the train gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Lille to Cannes

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

  1. €129.5890 days
  2. €91.0860 days
  3. €120.7845 days
  4. €132.8830 days
  5. €163.1321 days
  6. €162.5814 days
  7. €159.287 days
  8. €194.483 days
  9. €254.431 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €91.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 179 percent. The most expensive point is €254.43, 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.
€254.43€91.08137142130456090

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This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Lille to Cannes 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

861 km

842 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

238,69574,545

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

The route

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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 861 km against 842 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Nice. The gap between arriving and leaving is 91 minutes, of which about 14 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Who runs this route

Cannes is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Cannes

Most of the points near Cannes open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Lille to Cannes

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 Lille to Cannes?

The fastest journey from Lille to Cannes takes 9h 24m door to door, of which 7h 14m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 10h, 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 Lille to Cannes?

The cheapest fare from Lille to Cannes is €111.98, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €142.23. 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 Lille to Cannes?

The cheapest way from Lille to Cannes is by train, at €111.98 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 9h 52m 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 Lille to Cannes?

Fares from Lille to Cannes bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €91.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 179 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Lille to Cannes?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Lille to Cannes, at €114.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 24, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Lille to Cannes?

January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Lille to Cannes, at €105.38 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 Lille to Cannes?

2 operators sell services from Lille to Cannes across 1 mode: Grimaldi, SNCF. 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 Lille to Cannes?

0 percent of the services we sell from Lille to Cannes are direct. The rest connect at Nice, with about 91 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 Lille to Cannes use?

Services from Lille to Cannes by train leave from Lille Europe and arrive at Cruise Terminal. Allow about 1h 7m 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 Lille to Cannes?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Lille to Cannes 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 Lille to Cannes on September 24, 2026: 861 km of route against 842 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €111.98, and 9h 24m 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 Cannes a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Cannes and across France

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

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The two ends, compared

Lille reaches 152 places in 22 countries on services we hold, over distances from 65 to 4,401 km. Cannes reaches 44 places in 8 countries, from 24 to 1,558 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Lille

  • 152Places you can leave for
  • 22Countries
  • 31Operators

Arriving in Cannes

Leaving Cannes

  • 44Places you can leave for
  • 8Countries
  • 2Operators

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