Cheapest€19.59
- Grimaldi G539206:399h 30m16:09accès ferry marocNice Ferry Terminal
Door to door 11hCO2 35.0 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Traveling from Sète to Nice costs €19.59 at the cheapest and takes 10h 22m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 2 operators. The route covers 304 km. Cheapest is by Ferry, fastest is by Ferry.
At a glance
- Distance
- 304 km
- Fastest
- 10h 22m
- Average
- 11h 5m
- Services per day
- 6
- Cheapest
- €19.59
- CO2 per passenger
- 35.0 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 22, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | 10h 57m | 9h 27m | 1h 30m | €21.79 | 35.0 kg | 6 |
- 10h 57mFastest, by Ferry
- €21.79Cheapest, by Ferry
- 35.0 kgLowest CO2, by Ferry
- 304 kmDistance traveled
The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Fastest€30.59
- Grimaldi G901507:304h 32m12:02accès ferry marocMarseille Gare Maritime
- SNCF SN764513:241h 18m14:42Marseille Saint CharlesNice Ville
Changes at Marseille, with 82 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.
Door to door 8h 19mCO2 21.8 kgChanges 1Changeable for a fee
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
| Operator | Service | Departs | Arrives | Takes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keolis Bassin de Thau3 changes | 8 | 08:38 | 15:05 | 6h 38m |
| Keolis Bassin de Thau4 changes | 11 | 08:39 | 15:05 | 6h 37m |
| Keolis Bassin de Thau7 changes | 3 | 08:58 | 15:32 | 6h 44m |
| Keolis Bassin de Thau2 changes | 3 | 10:23 | 15:38 | 5h 25m |
| Herault Transport2 changes | 602 | 10:32 | 18:04 | 7h 42m |
| Keolis Bassin de Thau4 changes | 3 | 10:38 | 16:38 | 6h 10m |
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Sète to Nice | TueSep 8 | WedSep 9 | ThuSep 10 | FriSep 11 | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry | €41.04 | €36.64 | €52.58 | €36.64 | €35.54 | €40.49 | €32.79 | €21.79 | €27.84 | €29.49 | €33.89 | €30.04 | €27.29 | €28.39 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-22 · €19.59
The trip ends at Nice Ville. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
Where to stay in Nice
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When to book Sète to Nice
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €25.0890 days
- €22.3360 days
- €20.1445 days
- €19.5930 days
- €25.0921 days
- €28.3914 days
- €32.797 days
- €52.583 days
- €41.041 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €19.59.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 168 percent. The most expensive point is €52.58, 3 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €27.29Sun
- €28.39Mon
- €21.79Tue
- €27.84Wed
- €29.49Thu
- €33.89Fri
- €30.04Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €21.79Sep
- €19.59Oct
- €19.04Nov
- €18.49Dec
- €17.94Jan
- €16.84Feb
The route
What the journey actually 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 304 km against 290 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Martigues, Marseille, Cannes, Lattes. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Sète at 06:39 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Sète
Rail
- Gare de Sète
- Sète
- St-Pons
Bus
- Pôle d'échanges multimodal Sète parvis sud
- Gare routière d'échanges multimodal de Balaruc-le-Vieux
Ferry
- accès ferry maroc
- ligne ferry maroc;Corsica Ferris
Nice
Rail
- Nice Ville
- Nice-Riquier
- Nice CP Station
Bus
- Nice Saint Augustin
- Nice - Gare Routière Vauban
Air
- NCE
Ferry
- Nice Ferry Terminal
- Gare Maritime
NCE is not in Nice, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.
Getting from NCE into Nice?
Settled in advance, so the ride into Nice costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest |
|---|---|---|
 Grimaldi | €19.59 | 10h 22m |
| Sardinia Ferries | €21.79 | 10h 24m |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €16.00 | 82% |
| Taxes | €1.60 | 8% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 10% |
| Total you pay | €19.59 | 100% |
Check-in is at three and you will be in Nice well before then. Lockers are not something we run.
Where to leave your bags in Nice
Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.
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Questions about Sète to Nice
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 Sète to Nice?
The fastest journey from Sète to Nice takes 10h 22m door to door, of which 9h 27m is spent moving, on the Ferry. Most services take around 11h 5m, 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 Sète to Nice?
The cheapest fare from Sète to Nice is €19.59, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €31.97. 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 Sète to Nice?
The cheapest way from Sète to Nice is by Ferry, at €21.79 for one passenger on September 22, 2026. That journey takes 10h 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 Sète to Nice?
Fares from Sète to Nice bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €19.59. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 168 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sète to Nice?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sète to Nice, at €21.79. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 22, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Sète to Nice?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sète to Nice, at €16.84 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 Sète to Nice?
2 operators sell services from Sète to Nice across 1 modes: Grimaldi, Sardinia Ferries. 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 Sète to Nice?
33 percent of the services we sell from Sète to Nice are direct. The rest connect at Martigues, Marseille, Cannes, Lattes, 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 Sète to Nice use?
Services from Sète to Nice by Ferry leave from accès ferry maroc and arrive at Nice Ferry Terminal. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Sète to Nice?
2 of the 2 operators we sell from Sète to Nice 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
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sète to Nice on September 7, 2026: 304 km of route against 290 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €19.59, and 10h 22m 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 Nice a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Things to do in Nice
Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Nice, with free cancellation on most of it.
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