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Samsun to Mersin

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Samsun to Mersin. From $64.58, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays $64.58, every fee included. Services cover 776 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 27, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $64.58, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 27, 2026

$64.58

  • 90%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 $111.44Wed7
  2. about $158.93Thu8
  3. about $112.74Fri9
  4. about $112.09Sat10
  5. about $102.97Sun11
  6. about $83.46Mon12
  7. about $73.69Tue13
  8. about $83.46Wed14
  9. about $112.74Thu15
  10. about $94.52Fri16
  11. about $91.26Sat17
  12. about $93.21Sun18
  13. about $72.38Mon19
  14. about $65.23Tue20
  15. about $66.53Wed21
  16. about $82.15Thu22
  17. about $86.05Fri23
  18. about $81.50Sat24
  19. about $86.05Sun25
  20. about $71.08Mon26
  21. about $64.58Tue27

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Mersin for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Mersin Gar and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Samsun to Mersin

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

  1. $63.2890 days
  2. $78.2560 days
  3. $59.3745 days
  4. $67.1930 days
  5. $64.5821 days
  6. $65.2314 days
  7. $73.697 days
  8. $112.743 days
  9. $111.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at $59.37.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 90 percent. The most expensive point is $112.74, 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.
$112.74$59.37137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Samsun to Mersin 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

776 km

518 km as the crow flies, 50% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

394,050 → 537,842

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 776 km against 518 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 Ankara. The gap between arriving and leaving is 95 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

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Mersin Gar

Most of the points near Mersin Gar open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Samsun to Mersin

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 Samsun to Mersin?

Samsun to Mersin covers 776 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 Samsun to Mersin?

The cheapest fare from Samsun to Mersin is $64.58, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $86.05. 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 Samsun to Mersin?

The cheapest way from Samsun to Mersin is by flight, at $64.58 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 Samsun to Mersin?

Fares from Samsun to Mersin bottom out around 45 days before departure, at $59.37. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 90 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Samsun to Mersin?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Samsun to Mersin, at $65.23. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Samsun to Mersin?

March is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Samsun to Mersin, at $55.46 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 Samsun to Mersin?

2 operators sell services from Samsun to Mersin across 1 mode: FlixBus, Turkish Airlines. 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 Samsun to Mersin?

0 percent of the services we sell from Samsun to Mersin are direct. The rest connect at Ankara, with about 95 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 Samsun to Mersin use?

Services from Samsun to Mersin by flight leave from Samsun-Çarşamba Airport SZF and arrive at Mersin Otogar. 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 Samsun to Mersin?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Samsun to Mersin 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 Mersin a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Mersin and across Türkiye

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

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The two ends, compared

Samsun reaches 14 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 81 to 847 km. Mersin reaches 33 places in 1 countries, from 25 to 792 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Samsun

  • 14Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 5Operators

Arriving in Mersin

Leaving Mersin

  • 33Places you can leave for
  • 1Countries
  • 2Operators

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