The Ganga and Meer and Dasaswarmedh Ghat from our balcony of the Hotel Alka and our first real view of everything going on along the river.

Sharjah city to Varanasi

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Sharjah city to Varanasi. From €256.79, fastest 7h 11m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Sharjah city to Varanasi runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:47 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €270.36 and €292.78, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 11m over 2,852 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 13, 2026Priced for September 29, 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

€270.36 to €292.78

  • 192%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Sharjah city

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:47First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €604.30Mon14
  2. about €414.32Tue15
  3. about €555.92Wed16
  4. about €588.37Thu17
  5. about €516.39Fri18
  6. about €494.56Sat19
  7. about €439.69Sun20
  8. about €312.25Mon21
  9. about €292.78Tue22
  10. about €357.68Wed23
  11. about €425.53Thu24
  12. about €401.34Fri25
  13. about €375.97Sat26
  14. about €375.97Sun27
  15. about €270.36Mon28
  16. about €256.79Tue29
  17. about €282.16Wed30
  18. about €292.78Thu1
  19. about €276.85Fri2
  20. about €341.75Sat3
  21. about €285.11Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Varanasi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Varanasi for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Varanasi City railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Sharjah city to Varanasi

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

  1. €304.5890 days
  2. €283.9360 days
  3. €232.0145 days
  4. €206.6430 days
  5. €285.1121 days
  6. €375.9714 days
  7. €439.697 days
  8. €555.923 days
  9. €604.301 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €206.64.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 192 percent. The most expensive point is €604.30, 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.
€604.30€206.641371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Sharjah city to Varanasi and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1.5 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

2,852 km

2,769 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

1,800,0001,164,404

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

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

SharjahSharjahVaranasiVaranasi
The journey

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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 2,852 km against 2,769 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 Nagpur, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.

Varanasi is large, and the road in from VNS can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Varanasi

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

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

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 Varanasi City railway station

Most of the points near Varanasi City railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Sharjah city to Varanasi

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 Sharjah city to Varanasi?

The fastest journey from Sharjah city to Varanasi takes 7h 11m door to door, of which 4h 25m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 26m, 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 Sharjah city to Varanasi?

The cheapest fare from Sharjah city to Varanasi is €256.79, as of September 13, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €377.15. 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 Sharjah city to Varanasi?

The cheapest way from Sharjah city to Varanasi is by flight, at €292.78 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 7h 35m 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 Sharjah city to Varanasi?

Fares from Sharjah city to Varanasi bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €206.64. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 192 percent, measured on September 13, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Sharjah city to Varanasi?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sharjah city to Varanasi, at €292.78. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 13, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Sharjah city to Varanasi?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sharjah city to Varanasi, at €204.28 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 Sharjah city to Varanasi?

1 operators sell services from Sharjah city to Varanasi across 1 mode: Air India Express. 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 Sharjah city to Varanasi?

20 percent of the services we sell from Sharjah city to Varanasi are direct. The rest connect at Nagpur, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi, with about 67 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 Sharjah city to Varanasi use?

Services from Sharjah city to Varanasi by flight leave from Sharjah SHJ and arrive at Varanasi VNS. 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 Sharjah city to Varanasi?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Sharjah city to Varanasi 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.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Sharjah city to Varanasi on September 13, 2026: 2852 km of route against 2769 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €256.79, and 7h 11m 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 Varanasi a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Varanasi and across India

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

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

The two ends, compared

Sharjah city reaches 126 places in 50 countries on services we hold, over distances from 44 to 5,940 km. Varanasi reaches 62 places in 3 countries, from 45 to 2,769 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Sharjah city

  • 126Places you can leave for
  • 50Countries
  • 33Operators

Arriving in Varanasi

Leaving Varanasi

  • 62Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 13Operators

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