Night skyline of Ljubljana (capital of Slovenia), taken from the Nebotičnik. In the middle Slovenska street continues to Dunajska street.

Sarajevo to Ljubljana

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Sarajevo to Ljubljana. From $19.61, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays between $19.61 and $23.24, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 390 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 20, 2026One passenger, all fees included

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 20, 2026

$19.61 to $23.24

  • 135%Moves across the booking window

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Pick a departure for Sarajevo to Ljubljana and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.

The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about $39.02Wed7
  2. about $46.91Thu8
  3. about $34.78Fri9
  4. about $37.81Sat10
  5. about $33.57Sun11
  6. about $27.49Mon12
  7. about $22.04Tue13
  8. about $25.07Wed14
  9. about $32.35Thu15
  10. about $29.31Fri16
  11. about $27.49Sat17
  12. about $27.49Sun18
  13. about $22.64Mon19
  14. about $19.61Tue20
  15. about $21.43Wed21
  16. about $26.28Thu22
  17. about $26.89Fri23
  18. about $23.86Sat24
  19. about $23.86Sun25
  20. about $20.22Mon26
  21. about $19.61Tue27

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Ljubljana for the night the bus gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Sarajevo to Ljubljana

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

  1. $16.5890 days
  2. $25.0760 days
  3. $20.8345 days
  4. $21.4330 days
  5. $19.6121 days
  6. $19.6114 days
  7. $22.047 days
  8. $34.783 days
  9. $39.021 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $16.58.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 135 percent. The most expensive point is $39.02, 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.
$39.02$16.58137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Sarajevo to Ljubljana 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

390 km

390 km as the crow flies, 0% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

696,731 → 272,220

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
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 390 km against 390 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Zagreb, Rijeka, Banja Luka, Tuzla. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 5 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 LJU into Ljubljana is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Ljubljana

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

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Who runs this route

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

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Ljubljana

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

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Questions about Sarajevo to Ljubljana

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 Sarajevo to Ljubljana?

Sarajevo to Ljubljana covers 390 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 Sarajevo to Ljubljana?

The cheapest fare from Sarajevo to Ljubljana is $19.61, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $29.92. 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 Sarajevo to Ljubljana?

The cheapest way from Sarajevo to Ljubljana is by bus, at $19.61 for one passenger on October 20, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Sarajevo to Ljubljana?

Fares from Sarajevo to Ljubljana bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $16.58. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 135 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 Sarajevo to Ljubljana?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sarajevo to Ljubljana, at $19.61. 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 Sarajevo to Ljubljana?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sarajevo to Ljubljana, at $17.19 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 Sarajevo to Ljubljana?

2 operators sell services from Sarajevo to Ljubljana across 1 mode: Centrotrans, FlixBus. 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 Sarajevo to Ljubljana?

50 percent of the services we sell from Sarajevo to Ljubljana are direct. The rest connect at Zagreb, Rijeka, Banja Luka, Tuzla, with about 75 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 Sarajevo to Ljubljana use?

Services from Sarajevo to Ljubljana by bus leave from Sarajevo Autobuska stanica and arrive at Ljubljana Avtobusna Postaja. Allow about 44m 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 Sarajevo to Ljubljana?

2 of the 2 operators we sell from Sarajevo to Ljubljana 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 bus is the simple part. What you do once you are in Ljubljana is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Ljubljana and across Slovenia

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

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The two ends, compared

Sarajevo reaches 43 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 21 to 3,931 km. Ljubljana reaches 52 places in 16 countries, from 66 to 7,526 km.

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Leaving Sarajevo

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  • 15Countries
  • 10Operators

Arriving in Ljubljana

Leaving Ljubljana

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  • 16Countries
  • 21Operators

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