Pokhara to Varanasi runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €57.96, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 5m over 512 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €57.96, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026
€57.96
- 83%Moves across the booking window
83%When it runs, leaving Pokhara
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
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0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €115.78Thu24
- about €132.30Fri25
- about €94.54Sat26
- about €83.92Sun27
- about €86.87Mon28
- about €83.92Tue29
- about €82.74Wed30
- about €78.02Thu1
- about €73.30Fri2
- about €80.38Sat3
- about €71.53Sun4
- about €74.48Mon5
- about €73.89Tue6
- about €63.27Wed7
- about €66.22Thu8
- about €68.58Fri9
- about €78.61Sat10
- about €63.27Sun11
- about €57.96Mon12
- about €63.86Tue13
- about €67.99Wed14
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Varanasi. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Varanasi for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Pokhara to Varanasi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €64.4590 days
- €67.4060 days
- €67.9945 days
- €70.3530 days
- €67.9921 days
- €63.2714 days
- €82.747 days
- €94.543 days
- €115.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 14 days ahead, at €63.27.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 83 percent. The most expensive point is €115.78, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 14 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 Pokhara to Varanasi and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
0.25 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
512 km
342 km as the crow flies, 50% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
600,051 → 1,164,404
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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
- 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 512 km against 342 km in a straight line, a detour of 50 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Kathmandu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 86 minutes, of which about 5 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.
Varanasi is large, and the road in from VNS can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Varanasi
Settled in advance, so the ride into Varanasi 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 Varanasi City railway station
Most of the points near Varanasi City railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Pokhara to Varanasi
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 Pokhara to Varanasi?
The fastest journey from Pokhara to Varanasi takes 6h 5m door to door, of which 1h 30m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 8m, 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 Pokhara to Varanasi?
The cheapest fare from Pokhara to Varanasi is €57.96, as of September 23, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €74.48. 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 Pokhara to Varanasi?
The cheapest way from Pokhara to Varanasi is by flight, at €57.96 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 6h 6m 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 Pokhara to Varanasi?
Fares from Pokhara to Varanasi bottom out around 14 days before departure, at €63.27. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 83 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 Pokhara to Varanasi?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Pokhara to Varanasi, at €67.99. 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 Pokhara to Varanasi?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Pokhara to Varanasi, at €56.78 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 Pokhara to Varanasi?
2 operators sell services from Pokhara to Varanasi across 1 mode: Air India Limited, Buddha Air. 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 Pokhara to Varanasi?
0 percent of the services we sell from Pokhara to Varanasi are direct. The rest connect at Kathmandu, with about 86 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 Pokhara to Varanasi use?
Services from Pokhara to Varanasi by flight leave from Pokhara Domestic Airport PKR and arrive at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport VNS. 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 Pokhara to Varanasi?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Pokhara to Varanasi 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 Pokhara to Varanasi on September 23, 2026: 512 km of route against 342 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €57.96, and 6h 5m 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 Varanasi a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Varanasi and across India
Day trips that leave Varanasi in the morning and cover a good part of India by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Pokhara reaches 15 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 80 to 13,453 km. Varanasi reaches 151 places in 3 countries, from 45 to 2,782 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Pokhara
- 15Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 2Operators
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2Arriving in Varanasi
Leaving Varanasi
- 151Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 13Operators