Moscow to St Petersburg runs about 96 times a day, with the first departure around 06:02 and the last around 20:48. One passenger pays between €55.01 and €64.14, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 24m over 648 km, on services run by 16 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 16 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€55.01 to €64.14
- 194%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Moscow
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.
- 06:02First departure
- 20:48Last departure
- 96Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €134.07Sun20
- about €101.62Mon21
- about €99.26Tue22
- about €88.05Wed23
- about €109.29Thu24
- about €100.44Fri25
- about €103.39Sat26
- about €78.61Sun27
- about €69.17Mon28
- about €67.99Tue29
- about €72.12Wed30
- about €82.74Thu1
- about €76.84Fri2
- about €79.20Sat3
- about €62.68Sun4
- about €55.60Mon5
- about €55.01Tue6
- about €57.37Wed7
- about €70.35Thu8
- about €65.63Fri9
- about €67.40Sat10
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 St Petersburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in St Petersburg for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Moscow to St Petersburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €67.4090 days
- €47.9360 days
- €45.5745 days
- €48.5230 days
- €67.4021 days
- €79.2014 days
- €103.397 days
- €99.263 days
- €134.071 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €45.57.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is €134.07, 1 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Moscow to St Petersburg 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
648 km
635 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
10,381,222 → 5,351,935
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 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 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 648 km against 635 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
St Petersburg is large, and the road in from LED can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in St Petersburg
Settled in advance, so the ride into St Petersburg 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 Sankt-Peterburg Glavnii
Most of the points near Sankt-Peterburg Glavnii open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Moscow to St Petersburg
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 Moscow to St Petersburg?
The fastest journey from Moscow to St Petersburg takes 4h 24m door to door, of which 1h 14m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 47m, 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 Moscow to St Petersburg?
The cheapest fare from Moscow to St Petersburg is €55.01, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €98.79. 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 Moscow to St Petersburg?
The cheapest way from Moscow to St Petersburg is by flight, at €55.01 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 24m 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 Moscow to St Petersburg?
The fastest way from Moscow to St Petersburg is by flight, at 4h 24m door to door. Only 1h 14m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €55.01.
When should I book Moscow to St Petersburg?
Fares from Moscow to St Petersburg bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €45.57. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 194 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Moscow to St Petersburg?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Moscow to St Petersburg, at €67.99. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Moscow to St Petersburg?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Moscow to St Petersburg, at €47.34 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 Moscow to St Petersburg?
No operator record names Moscow to St Petersburg directly. Aeroflot Russian Airlines, Alrosa Mirny Air Enterprise, Globus, Nordwind, Pobeda, Red Wings 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 Moscow to St Petersburg?
Every service we sell from Moscow to St Petersburg is direct, with around 144 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h 24m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Moscow to St Petersburg produce?
Traveling from Moscow to St Petersburg by train produces about 21.0 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 160.9 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Moscow to St Petersburg use?
Services from Moscow to St Petersburg by flight leave from Moscow SVO and arrive at Saint Petersburg LED. 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 Moscow to St Petersburg?
4 of the 16 operators we sell from Moscow to St Petersburg 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 Moscow to St Petersburg on September 19, 2026: 648 km of route against 635 km in a straight line, 144 services a day, 16 operators a cheapest fare of €55.01, and 4h 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 St Petersburg a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of St Petersburg and across Russia
Day trips that leave St Petersburg in the morning and cover a good part of Russia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Moscow reaches 336 places in 71 countries on services we hold, over distances from 53 to 13,476 km. St Petersburg reaches 185 places in 42 countries, from 42 to 8,745 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Moscow
- 336Places you can leave for
- 71Countries
- 115Operators
Arriving in St Petersburg
Leaving St Petersburg
- 185Places you can leave for
- 42Countries
- 74Operators