Trieste to Vienna runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:50 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €18.33, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 5h 18m over 346 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €18.33, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€18.33
- 257%Moves across the booking window
257%When it runs, leaving Trieste
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:50First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 25%Run direct
06:50
07:30
4
25%Departure times on this route
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Buying this trip
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €49.68Fri25
- about €46.93Sat26
- about €41.98Sun27
- about €26.03Mon28
- about €26.58Tue29
- about €25.48Wed30
- about €31.53Thu1
- about €28.23Fri2
- about €24.93Sat3
- about €23.83Sun4
- about €19.43Mon5
- about €18.33Tue6
- about €21.08Wed7
- about €30.43Thu8
- about €19.43Fri9
- about €19.98Sat10
- about €22.73Sun11
- about €20.53Mon12
- about €19.98Tue13
- about €21.63Wed14
- about €27.13Thu15
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The bus gets you into Vienna. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Vienna for the night the bus gets in
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When to book Trieste to Vienna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €19.4390 days
- €13.9360 days
- €16.1345 days
- €19.9830 days
- €27.1321 days
- €30.4314 days
- €31.537 days
- €41.983 days
- €49.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €13.93.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 257 percent. The most expensive point is €49.68, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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 Trieste to Vienna 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
346 km
346 km as the crow flies, 0% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
204,338 → 1,691,468
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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
- 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 346 km against 346 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Graz, Villach, Ljubljana. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Vienna is large, and the road in from VIE can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Vienna
Settled in advance, so the ride into Vienna costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The bus gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Wien Hauptbahnhof
Most of the points near Wien Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Trieste to Vienna
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 Trieste to Vienna?
The fastest journey from Trieste to Vienna takes 5h 18m door to door, of which 4h 34m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 5h 46m, 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 Trieste to Vienna?
The cheapest fare from Trieste to Vienna is €18.33, as of September 24, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €24.93. 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 Trieste to Vienna?
The cheapest way from Trieste to Vienna is by coach, at €18.33 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 5h 18m 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 Trieste to Vienna?
Fares from Trieste to Vienna bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €13.93. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 257 percent, measured on September 24, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Trieste to Vienna?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Trieste to Vienna, at €19.98. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 24, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Trieste to Vienna?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Trieste to Vienna, at €14.48 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 Trieste to Vienna?
1 operators sell services from Trieste to Vienna across 1 mode: FlixBus. 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 Trieste to Vienna?
20 percent of the services we sell from Trieste to Vienna are direct. The rest connect at Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Graz, Villach, Ljubljana, with about 45 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 Trieste to Vienna use?
Services from Trieste to Vienna by coach leave from Trieste Autostazione and arrive at Wien Erdberg. 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 Trieste to Vienna?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Trieste to Vienna 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 Trieste to Vienna on September 24, 2026: 346 km of route against 346 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €18.33, and 5h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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The two ends, compared
Trieste reaches 130 places in 15 countries on services we hold, over distances from 21 to 1,328 km. Vienna reaches 319 places in 79 countries, from 46 to 9,846 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Trieste
- 130Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 7Operators
15
7Arriving in Vienna
Leaving Vienna
- 319Places you can leave for
- 79Countries
- 101Operators