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Stockholm to Bilbao

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Stockholm to Bilbao. From $210.35, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays $210.35, every fee included. Services cover 2,442 km and are run by 6 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 26, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $210.35, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 26, 2026

$210.35

  • 194%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 $488.87Wed7
  2. about $531.17Thu8
  3. about $541.58Fri9
  4. about $411.43Sat10
  5. about $427.04Sun11
  6. about $313.82Mon12
  7. about $294.94Tue13
  8. about $314.47Wed14
  9. about $335.94Thu15
  10. about $302.76Fri16
  11. about $310.56Sat17
  12. about $301.45Sun18
  13. about $276.72Mon19
  14. about $272.82Tue20
  15. about $244.84Wed21
  16. about $294.29Thu22
  17. about $309.91Fri23
  18. about $278.67Sat24
  19. about $257.20Sun25
  20. about $210.35Mon26
  21. about $223.36Tue27

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

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

A hotel room

A room in Bilbao for the night the flight gets in

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

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Booking window

When to book Stockholm to Bilbao

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

  1. $184.3290 days
  2. $298.2060 days
  3. $215.5645 days
  4. $237.6830 days
  5. $223.3621 days
  6. $272.8214 days
  7. $294.947 days
  8. $541.583 days
  9. $488.871 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $184.32.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 194 percent. The most expensive point is $541.58, 3 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.
$541.58$184.32137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Stockholm to Bilbao 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

2,442 km

2,287 km as the crow flies, 7% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

1,515,017 → 347,342

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 2,442 km against 2,287 km in a straight line, a detour of 7 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Brussels, Berlin, Lyon, London. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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 BIO into Bilbao is set by whoever drives it.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Bilbao

Settled in advance, so the ride into Bilbao 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

Baggage storage near Bilbao Abando

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

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Questions about Stockholm to Bilbao

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 Stockholm to Bilbao?

Stockholm to Bilbao covers 2,442 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 Stockholm to Bilbao?

The cheapest fare from Stockholm to Bilbao is $210.35, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $328.47. 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 Stockholm to Bilbao?

The cheapest way from Stockholm to Bilbao is by flight, at $210.35 for one passenger on October 26, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Stockholm to Bilbao?

Fares from Stockholm to Bilbao bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $184.32. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 194 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 Stockholm to Bilbao?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Stockholm to Bilbao, at $272.82. 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 Stockholm to Bilbao?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Stockholm to Bilbao, at $175.20 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 Stockholm to Bilbao?

6 operators sell services from Stockholm to Bilbao across 1 mode: British Airways, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Norwegian Air Sweden, Ryanair, VOLOTEA Airways. 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 Stockholm to Bilbao?

0 percent of the services we sell from Stockholm to Bilbao are direct. The rest connect at Brussels, Berlin, Lyon, London, with about 56 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 Stockholm to Bilbao use?

Services from Stockholm to Bilbao by flight leave from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport ARN and arrive at Bilbao Airport BIO. 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 Stockholm to Bilbao?

0 of the 6 operators we sell from Stockholm to Bilbao 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 Bilbao a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Bilbao and across Spain

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

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The two ends, compared

Stockholm reaches 89 places in 36 countries on services we hold, over distances from 35 to 10,702 km. Bilbao reaches 57 places in 15 countries, from 75 to 6,499 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Stockholm

  • 89Places you can leave for
  • 36Countries
  • 62Operators

Arriving in Bilbao

Leaving Bilbao

  • 57Places you can leave for
  • 15Countries
  • 28Operators

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