Parakou to Porto-Novo runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:08 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €43.78, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 15m over 363 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €43.78, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€43.78
- 161%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Parakou
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.
- 06:08First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
Buying this trip
We have not found anyone selling Parakou to Porto-Novo online. Tickets for this leg are bought at the station or from a local agent.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €80.09Mon21
- about €75.69Tue22
- about €81.19Wed23
- about €84.49Thu24
- about €75.69Fri25
- about €74.59Sat26
- about €57.54Sun27
- about €51.48Mon28
- about €59.74Tue29
- about €49.29Wed30
- about €60.29Thu1
- about €66.89Fri2
- about €61.39Sat3
- about €50.93Sun4
- about €52.03Mon5
- about €43.78Tue6
- about €44.34Wed7
- about €54.79Thu8
- about €48.19Fri9
- about €50.39Sat10
- about €53.14Sun11
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 train gets you into Porto-Novo. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Porto-Novo for the night the train gets in
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When to book Parakou to Porto-Novo
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €50.9490 days
- €41.5960 days
- €31.1445 days
- €34.4430 days
- €53.1421 days
- €50.9314 days
- €57.547 days
- €81.193 days
- €80.091 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €31.14.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 161 percent. The most expensive point is €81.19, 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Parakou to Porto-Novo 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
363 km
316 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
255,478 → 264,320
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
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 363 km against 316 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 Cové, Tchaourou, Pobé, Bohicon. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Gare Ouando
Most of the points near Gare Ouando open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Parakou to Porto-Novo
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 Parakou to Porto-Novo?
The fastest journey from Parakou to Porto-Novo takes 3h 15m door to door, of which 2h 33m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 24m, 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo?
The cheapest fare from Parakou to Porto-Novo is €43.78, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €59.74. 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo?
The cheapest way from Parakou to Porto-Novo is by train, at €43.78 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 3h 17m 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo?
Fares from Parakou to Porto-Novo bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €31.14. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 161 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Parakou to Porto-Novo?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Parakou to Porto-Novo, at €49.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Parakou to Porto-Novo?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Parakou to Porto-Novo, at €38.29 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo?
No operator record names Parakou to Porto-Novo directly. Bénirail 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo?
20 percent of the services we sell from Parakou to Porto-Novo are direct. The rest connect at Cové, Tchaourou, Pobé, Bohicon, with about 47 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo use?
Services from Parakou to Porto-Novo by train leave from Parakou station and arrive at Porto-Novo station. 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Parakou to Porto-Novo 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 Parakou to Porto-Novo on September 20, 2026: 363 km of route against 316 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €43.78, and 3h 15m 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 Porto-Novo a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Porto-Novo and across Benin
Day trips that leave Porto-Novo in the morning and cover a good part of Benin by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Parakou reaches 13 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 336 km. Porto-Novo reaches 7 places in 1 countries, from 54 to 316 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Parakou
- 13Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
Arriving in Porto-Novo
Leaving Porto-Novo
- 7Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators