Capture of Makassar's Floating Mosque at sunset reflecting over calm waters.

Palembang to Makassar

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Palembang to Makassar. From €150.59, fastest 7h 13m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Palembang to Makassar runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €150.59, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 7h 13m over 1,887 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 23, 2026Priced for October 13, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €150.59, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026

€150.59

  • 167%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Palembang

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

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

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €439.69Thu24
  2. about €400.75Fri25
  3. about €329.36Sat26
  4. about €367.71Sun27
  5. about €279.21Mon28
  6. about €253.84Tue29
  7. about €240.27Wed30
  8. about €301.04Thu1
  9. about €247.35Fri2
  10. about €222.57Sat3
  11. about €257.38Sun4
  12. about €206.64Mon5
  13. about €213.13Tue6
  14. about €165.93Wed7
  15. about €224.34Thu8
  16. about €227.88Fri9
  17. about €231.42Sat10
  18. about €193.66Sun11
  19. about €194.84Mon12
  20. about €150.59Tue13
  21. about €200.74Wed14

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Makassar for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Maros 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 Palembang to Makassar

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

  1. €191.3090 days
  2. €191.3060 days
  3. €197.2045 days
  4. €164.7530 days
  5. €200.7421 days
  6. €165.9314 days
  7. €240.277 days
  8. €329.363 days
  9. €439.691 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €164.75.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 167 percent. The most expensive point is €439.69, 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.
€439.69€164.75137142130456090

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This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Palembang to Makassar and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

1,887 km

1,648 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

1,801,3671,474,393

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

The route

IndonesiaMalaysiaIndian OceanJakartaJakartaSingaporeSingaporeSurabayaSurabayaBandungBandungKuala LumpurKuala LumpurJeparaJeparaPekanbaruPekanbaruBandar LampungBandar LampungPadangPadangMalangMalangSamarindaSamarindaSerangSerangBalikpapanBalikpapanPontianakPontianakDenpasarDenpasarBanjarmasinBanjarmasinPalembangPalembangMakassarMakassarMap 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.

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 1,887 km against 1,648 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Jakarta. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

Makassar is large, and the road in from UPG 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 Makassar

Settled in advance, so the ride into Makassar 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 Maros railway station

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

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Questions about Palembang to Makassar

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 Palembang to Makassar?

The fastest journey from Palembang to Makassar takes 7h 13m door to door, of which 3h 30m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 21m, 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 Palembang to Makassar?

The cheapest fare from Palembang to Makassar is €150.59, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €231.42. 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 Palembang to Makassar?

The cheapest way from Palembang to Makassar is by flight, at €150.59 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 7h 28m 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 Palembang to Makassar?

Fares from Palembang to Makassar bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €164.75. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 167 percent, measured on September 23, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Palembang to Makassar?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Palembang to Makassar, at €200.74. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 23, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Palembang to Makassar?

December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Palembang to Makassar, at €155.90 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 Palembang to Makassar?

1 operators sell services from Palembang to Makassar across 1 mode: Garuda Indonesia. 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 Palembang to Makassar?

0 percent of the services we sell from Palembang to Makassar are direct. The rest connect at Jakarta, with about 48 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 Palembang to Makassar use?

Services from Palembang to Makassar by flight leave from Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport PLM and arrive at Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport UPG. 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 Palembang to Makassar?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Palembang to Makassar 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 Palembang to Makassar on September 23, 2026: 1887 km of route against 1648 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €150.59, and 7h 13m 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 Makassar a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Makassar and across Indonesia

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

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The two ends, compared

Palembang reaches 34 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 81 to 3,354 km. Makassar reaches 37 places in 6 countries, from 128 to 9,215 km.

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  • 4Countries
  • 8Operators

Arriving in Makassar

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  • 6Countries
  • 12Operators

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