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Siliguri to Kathmandu

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Siliguri to Kathmandu. From €66.22, fastest 6h 19m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Siliguri to Kathmandu runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €66.22, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 19m over 590 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €66.22, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026

€66.22

  • 126%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Siliguri

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €114.01Wed23
  2. about €167.11Thu24
  3. about €157.67Fri25
  4. about €101.62Sat26
  5. about €109.88Sun27
  6. about €86.87Mon28
  7. about €98.08Tue29
  8. about €82.15Wed30
  9. about €83.92Thu1
  10. about €94.54Fri2
  11. about €80.97Sat3
  12. about €80.38Sun4
  13. about €77.43Mon5
  14. about €75.07Tue6
  15. about €66.22Wed7
  16. about €73.30Thu8
  17. about €73.30Fri9
  18. about €85.10Sat10
  19. about €79.20Sun11
  20. about €75.07Mon12
  21. about €73.89Tue13

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Kathmandu for the night the flight gets in

The search opens on Kathmandu with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.

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Booking window

When to book Siliguri to Kathmandu

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

  1. €75.6690 days
  2. €76.8460 days
  3. €69.7645 days
  4. €69.7630 days
  5. €73.8921 days
  6. €75.0714 days
  7. €98.087 days
  8. €157.673 days
  9. €114.011 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €69.76.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 126 percent. The most expensive point is €157.67, 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.
€157.67€69.76137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Siliguri to Kathmandu and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

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

The shape of it

590 km

327 km as the crow flies, 80% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

515,5741,442,271

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

The route

IndiaChinaBhutanBangladeshGorakhpurGorakhpurPokharaPokharaBharatpurBharatpurMuzaffarpurMuzaffarpurPurniaPurniaBirgunjBirgunjMauMauBiratnagarBiratnagarJanakpur DhamJanakpur DhamDharānDharānSaharsaSaharsaSiwānSiwānBettiahBettiahDeoriaDeoriaMothīhāriMothīhāriDarjeelingDarjeelingSiliguriSiliguriKathmanduKathmanduMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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 590 km against 327 km in a straight line, a detour of 80 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Thimphu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 94 minutes, of which about 5 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.

Kathmandu is large, and the road in from KTM 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 Kathmandu

Settled in advance, so the ride into Kathmandu 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.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Kathmandu

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Siliguri to Kathmandu

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 Siliguri to Kathmandu?

The fastest journey from Siliguri to Kathmandu takes 6h 19m door to door, of which 1h 36m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 21m, 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 Siliguri to Kathmandu?

The cheapest fare from Siliguri to Kathmandu is €66.22, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €82.15. 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 Siliguri to Kathmandu?

The cheapest way from Siliguri to Kathmandu is by flight, at €66.22 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 6h 20m 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 Siliguri to Kathmandu?

Fares from Siliguri to Kathmandu bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €69.76. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 126 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 Siliguri to Kathmandu?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Siliguri to Kathmandu, at €75.07. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 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 Siliguri to Kathmandu?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Siliguri to Kathmandu, at €57.37 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 Siliguri to Kathmandu?

1 operators sell services from Siliguri to Kathmandu across 1 mode: Druk Air. 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 Siliguri to Kathmandu?

0 percent of the services we sell from Siliguri to Kathmandu are direct. The rest connect at Thimphu, with about 94 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 Siliguri to Kathmandu use?

Services from Siliguri to Kathmandu by flight leave from Bagdogra Airport IXB and arrive at Tribhuvan International Airport KTM. 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 Siliguri to Kathmandu?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Siliguri to Kathmandu 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 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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Siliguri to Kathmandu on September 22, 2026: 590 km of route against 327 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €66.22, and 6h 19m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Kathmandu is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Kathmandu and across Nepal

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

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The two ends, compared

Siliguri reaches 79 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 37 to 1,968 km. Kathmandu reaches 79 places in 22 countries, from 88 to 9,571 km.

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  • 8Operators

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  • 22Countries
  • 31Operators

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