Thessaloniki to Athens runs about 40 times a day, with the first departure around 06:11 and the last around 20:55. One passenger pays between €15.03 and €38.84, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 50m over 308 km, on services run by 8 operators across 4 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 8 operators and 4 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€15.03 to €38.84
- 148%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Thessaloniki
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.
- 06:11First departure
- 20:55Last departure
- 40Services per day
- 100%Run direct
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €28.78Tue15
- about €27.68Wed16
- about €33.18Thu17
- about €26.03Fri18
- about €27.13Sat19
- about €24.38Sun20
- about €21.63Mon21
- about €18.33Tue22
- about €18.33Wed23
- about €23.28Thu24
- about €21.08Fri25
- about €21.63Sat26
- about €20.53Sun27
- about €18.88Mon28
- about €15.58Tue29
- about €16.13Wed30
- about €18.88Thu1
- about €17.23Fri2
- about €17.78Sat3
- about €16.68Sun4
- about €15.03Mon5
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 Athens. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Athens for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Thessaloniki to Athens
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.6890 days
- €15.5860 days
- €16.6845 days
- €13.3830 days
- €15.0321 days
- €18.8814 days
- €21.637 days
- €33.183 days
- €28.781 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €13.38.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 148 percent. The most expensive point is €33.18, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Thessaloniki to Athens 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
308 km
303 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
317,778 → 664,046
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
4/8
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 308 km against 303 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
The fare from ATH into Athens is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Athens
Settled in advance, so the ride into Athens 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.
Baggage storage near Athina Larissa
Most of the points near Athina Larissa open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Thessaloniki to Athens
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 Thessaloniki to Athens?
The fastest journey from Thessaloniki to Athens takes 2h 50m door to door, of which 2h 7m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 8m, 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 Thessaloniki to Athens?
The cheapest fare from Thessaloniki to Athens is €15.03, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €44.94. 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 Thessaloniki to Athens?
The cheapest way from Thessaloniki to Athens is by coach, at €18.33 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 44m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Thessaloniki to Athens?
The fastest way from Thessaloniki to Athens is by train, at 2h 51m door to door. Only 2h 7m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €38.84.
When should I book Thessaloniki to Athens?
Fares from Thessaloniki to Athens bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €13.38. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 148 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Thessaloniki to Athens?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Thessaloniki to Athens, at €18.33. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Thessaloniki to Athens?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Thessaloniki to Athens, at €13.38 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 Thessaloniki to Athens?
8 operators sell services from Thessaloniki to Athens across 4 modes: Aegean Airlines, Blue Star, Ellinair, Hellenic Train, Olympic Airlines, Ryanair. 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 Thessaloniki to Athens?
Every service we sell from Thessaloniki to Athens is direct, with around 76 departures a day and a fastest journey of 2h 50m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Thessaloniki to Athens produce?
Traveling from Thessaloniki to Athens by coach produces about 8.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 76.8 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Thessaloniki to Athens use?
Services from Thessaloniki to Athens by train leave from Thessaloniki and arrive at Athina Larissa. 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 Thessaloniki to Athens?
3 of the 8 operators we sell from Thessaloniki to Athens 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 Thessaloniki to Athens on September 14, 2026: 308 km of route against 303 km in a straight line, 76 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of €15.03, and 2h 50m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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Day trips out of Athens and across Greece
Day trips that leave Athens in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Thessaloniki reaches 108 places in 30 countries on services we hold, over distances from 55 to 3,237 km. Athens reaches 159 places in 48 countries, from 37 to 9,125 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Thessaloniki
- 108Places you can leave for
- 30Countries
- 52Operators
Arriving in Athens
Leaving Athens
- 159Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 96Operators