Salzburg to St Petersburg runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:20 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €122.28 and €165.34, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 51m over 1,804 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€122.28 to €165.34
- 139%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Salzburg
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:20First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €280.13Mon21
- about €291.68Tue22
- about €254.28Wed23
- about €262.53Thu24
- about €279.58Fri25
- about €308.12Sat26
- about €275.73Sun27
- about €178.32Mon28
- about €199.28Tue29
- about €176.73Wed30
- about €238.88Thu1
- about €232.01Fri2
- about €209.59Sat3
- about €200.93Sun4
- about €144.69Mon5
- about €122.28Tue6
- about €148.82Wed7
- about €177.83Thu8
- about €164.08Fri9
- about €183.33Sat10
- about €144.83Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into St Petersburg. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in St Petersburg for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Salzburg to St Petersburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €192.4890 days
- €139.8860 days
- €120.6345 days
- €117.3330 days
- €144.8321 days
- €200.9314 days
- €275.737 days
- €254.283 days
- €280.131 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €117.33.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 139 percent. The most expensive point is €280.13, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Salzburg to St Petersburg 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
1,804 km
1,751 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
157,245 → 5,351,935
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,804 km against 1,751 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 Prague, Vienna, Vantaa, Berlin. The gap between arriving and leaving is 61 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 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.
St Petersburg is large, and the road in from LED can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in St Petersburg
Settled in advance, so the ride into St Petersburg 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 Sankt-Peterburg Glavnii
Most of the points near Sankt-Peterburg Glavnii open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Salzburg to St Petersburg
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 Salzburg to St Petersburg?
The fastest journey from Salzburg to St Petersburg takes 5h 51m door to door, of which 2h 47m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 2m, 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 Salzburg to St Petersburg?
The cheapest fare from Salzburg to St Petersburg is €122.28, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €230.54. 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 Salzburg to St Petersburg?
The cheapest way from Salzburg to St Petersburg is by flight, at €157.08 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 5h 57m 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 Salzburg to St Petersburg?
Fares from Salzburg to St Petersburg bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €117.33. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 139 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 Salzburg to St Petersburg?
Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Salzburg to St Petersburg, at €176.73. 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 Salzburg to St Petersburg?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Salzburg to St Petersburg, at €111.83 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 Salzburg to St Petersburg?
Aero Contractors, Rossiya-Russian Airlines publish service areas covering both Salzburg and St Petersburg, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Salzburg to St Petersburg?
33 percent of the services we sell from Salzburg to St Petersburg are direct. The rest connect at Prague, Vienna, Vantaa, Berlin, with about 61 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 Salzburg to St Petersburg use?
Services from Salzburg to St Petersburg by flight leave from Salzburg Airport SZG and arrive at Pulkovo Airport LED. 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 Salzburg to St Petersburg?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Salzburg to St Petersburg 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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 Salzburg to St Petersburg on September 20, 2026: 1804 km of route against 1751 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €122.28, and 5h 51m 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 St Petersburg a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of St Petersburg and across Russia
Day trips that leave St Petersburg in the morning and cover a good part of Russia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Salzburg reaches 158 places in 34 countries on services we hold, over distances from 69 to 4,466 km. St Petersburg reaches 185 places in 42 countries, from 42 to 8,745 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Salzburg
- 158Places you can leave for
- 34Countries
- 44Operators
Arriving in St Petersburg
Leaving St Petersburg
- 185Places you can leave for
- 42Countries
- 76Operators