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Rome to Kos

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Rome to Kos. From $115.33, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays between $115.33 and $120.54, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 1,425 km and are run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked October 7, 2026Priced for October 27, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for October 27, 2026

$115.33 to $120.54

  • 208%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 $349.61Thu8
  2. about $293.64Fri9
  3. about $229.22Sat10
  4. about $220.76Sun11
  5. about $221.41Mon12
  6. about $216.86Tue13
  7. about $151.13Wed14
  8. about $235.07Thu15
  9. about $194.73Fri16
  10. about $189.52Sat17
  11. about $178.46Sun18
  12. about $146.57Mon19
  13. about $164.79Tue20
  14. about $133.56Wed21
  15. about $181.72Thu22
  16. about $171.31Fri23
  17. about $176.51Sat24
  18. about $139.42Sun25
  19. about $136.16Mon26
  20. about $115.33Tue27
  21. about $156.99Wed28

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Kos for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Akteon (Center) and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Rome to Kos

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

  1. $113.3990 days
  2. $140.7260 days
  3. $145.2745 days
  4. $123.1530 days
  5. $156.9921 days
  6. $133.5614 days
  7. $151.137 days
  8. $229.223 days
  9. $349.611 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $113.39.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 208 percent. The most expensive point is $349.61, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
$349.61$113.39137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Rome to Kos 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

1,425 km

1,384 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

2,318,895 → 19,244

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

The route

TürkiyeAlgeriaItalyFranceBulgariaTunisiaSerbiaMediterranean SeaIstanbulIstanbulAnkaraAnkaraBursaBursaIzmirIzmirAlgiersAlgiersGaziantepGaziantepAleppoAleppoBeirutBeirutBucharestBucharestBarcelonaBarcelonaKayseriKayseriKonyaKonyaAntalyaAntalyaBelgradeBelgradeSofiaSofiaMarseilleMarseilleRomeRomeKosKosMap 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
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,425 km against 1,384 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Athens. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.

The fare from KGS into Kos is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Kos

Settled in advance, so the ride into Kos costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Who runs this route

Kos 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 Akteon (Center)

Most of the points near Akteon (Center) open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Rome to Kos

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 Rome to Kos?

Rome to Kos covers 1,425 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 Rome to Kos?

The cheapest fare from Rome to Kos is $115.33, as of October 7, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $192.12. 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 Rome to Kos?

The cheapest way from Rome to Kos is by flight, at $115.33 for one passenger on October 27, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Rome to Kos?

Fares from Rome to Kos bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $113.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 208 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 Rome to Kos?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Rome to Kos, at $146.57. 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 Rome to Kos?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Rome to Kos, at $108.83 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 Rome to Kos?

1 operators sell services from Rome to Kos across 1 mode: Ryanair. 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 Rome to Kos?

67 percent of the services we sell from Rome to Kos are direct. The rest connect at Athens, with about 71 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 Rome to Kos use?

Services from Rome to Kos by flight leave from Rome-Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport FCO and arrive at Kos International Airport "Ippokratis" KGS. 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 Rome to Kos?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Rome to Kos 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

Being on the water gives Kos a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Kos and across Greece

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

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The two ends, compared

Rome reaches 194 places in 52 countries on services we hold, over distances from 26 to 11,152 km. Kos reaches 31 places in 8 countries, from 14 to 8,509 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Rome

  • 194Places you can leave for
  • 52Countries
  • 86Operators

Arriving in Kos

Leaving Kos

  • 31Places you can leave for
  • 8Countries
  • 35Operators

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