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Paris to Chester

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Paris to Chester. From $71.08, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays $71.08, every fee included. Services cover 636 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 7, 2026Priced for October 26, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $71.08, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 26, 2026

$71.08

  • 195%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about $199.94Thu8
  2. about $177.16Fri9
  3. about $136.81Sat10
  4. about $147.87Sun11
  5. about $121.19Mon12
  6. about $110.79Tue13
  7. about $88.00Wed14
  8. about $101.02Thu15
  9. about $117.94Fri16
  10. about $100.37Sat17
  11. about $93.86Sun18
  12. about $105.58Mon19
  13. about $98.42Tue20
  14. about $90.61Wed21
  15. about $89.31Thu22
  16. about $99.06Fri23
  17. about $95.82Sat24
  18. about $95.82Sun25
  19. about $71.08Mon26
  20. about $82.80Tue27
  21. about $86.05Wed28

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Chester for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Chester 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 Paris to Chester

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

  1. $69.1490 days
  2. $95.1760 days
  3. $78.2545 days
  4. $67.8430 days
  5. $86.0521 days
  6. $90.6114 days
  7. $88.007 days
  8. $136.813 days
  9. $199.941 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at $67.84.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 195 percent. The most expensive point is $199.94, 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.
$199.94$67.84137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Paris to Chester and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

636 km

605 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

2,138,551 → 90,524

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 636 km against 605 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Birmingham. The gap between arriving and leaving is 97 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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

Chester 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 Chester railway station

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

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Questions about Paris to Chester

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 Paris to Chester?

Paris to Chester covers 636 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Paris to Chester?

The cheapest fare from Paris to Chester is $71.08, as of October 7, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $99.06. 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 Paris to Chester?

The cheapest way from Paris to Chester is by flight, at $71.08 for one passenger on October 26, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Paris to Chester?

Fares from Paris to Chester bottom out around 30 days before departure, at $67.84. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 195 percent, measured on October 7, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Paris to Chester?

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Paris to Chester, at $88.00. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 7, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Paris to Chester?

March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Paris to Chester, at $63.93 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 Paris to Chester?

2 operators sell services from Paris to Chester across 1 mode: Air France, Transport for Wales. 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 Paris to Chester?

0 percent of the services we sell from Paris to Chester are direct. The rest connect at Birmingham, with about 97 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 Paris to Chester use?

Services from Paris to Chester by flight leave from Charles de Gaulle International Airport CDG and arrive at Chester railway station. Allow about 1h 57m 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 Paris to Chester?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Paris to Chester allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Chester is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Chester and across United Kingdom

Day trips that leave Chester in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Paris reaches 317 places in 79 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 14,278 km. Chester reaches 12 places in 3 countries, from 54 to 605 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Paris

  • 317Places you can leave for
  • 79Countries
  • 135Operators

Arriving in Chester

Leaving Chester

  • 12Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 2Operators

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