Vienna to Klagenfurt runs about 11 times a day, with the first departure around 06:15 and the last around 18:40. One passenger pays between €11.73 and €31.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 23m over 236 km, on services run by 4 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 4 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€11.73 to €31.41
- 145%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Vienna
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:15First departure
- 18:40Last departure
- 11Services per day
- 73%Run direct
České Dráhy runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €26.03Mon21
- about €21.63Tue22
- about €24.38Wed23
- about €22.18Thu24
- about €24.38Fri25
- about €22.73Sat26
- about €20.53Sun27
- about €15.58Mon28
- about €17.23Tue29
- about €16.68Wed30
- about €19.43Thu1
- about €16.13Fri2
- about €16.68Sat3
- about €16.13Sun4
- about €12.83Mon5
- about €11.73Tue6
- about €12.83Wed7
- about €15.58Thu8
- about €15.03Fri9
- about €14.48Sat10
- about €13.93Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Klagenfurt. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Klagenfurt for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Vienna to Klagenfurt
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €16.1390 days
- €14.4860 days
- €11.7345 days
- €10.6330 days
- €13.9321 days
- €16.1314 days
- €20.537 days
- €24.383 days
- €26.031 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €10.63.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 145 percent. The most expensive point is €26.03, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Vienna to Klagenfurt 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
236 km
235 km as the crow flies, 0% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
1,691,468 → 100,316
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
- 79% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 21% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 236 km against 235 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 Wiener Neustadt, Graz, Eisenzicken, Maribor. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 KLU into Klagenfurt is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Klagenfurt
Settled in advance, so the ride into Klagenfurt costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
Klagenfurt is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Maria Saal
Most of the points near Maria Saal open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Vienna to Klagenfurt
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 Vienna to Klagenfurt?
The fastest journey from Vienna to Klagenfurt takes 2h 23m door to door, of which 1h 41m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 13m, 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 Vienna to Klagenfurt?
The cheapest fare from Vienna to Klagenfurt is €11.73, as of September 20, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €36.72. 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 Vienna to Klagenfurt?
The cheapest way from Vienna to Klagenfurt is by coach, at €11.73 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 3h 52m 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 Vienna to Klagenfurt?
The fastest way from Vienna to Klagenfurt is by train, at 2h 25m door to door. Only 1h 41m 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 €22.33.
When should I book Vienna to Klagenfurt?
Fares from Vienna to Klagenfurt bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €10.63. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 145 percent, measured on September 20, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Vienna to Klagenfurt?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Vienna to Klagenfurt, at €15.58. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 20, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Vienna to Klagenfurt?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Vienna to Klagenfurt, at €11.73 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 Vienna to Klagenfurt?
4 operators sell services from Vienna to Klagenfurt across 3 modes: Austrian Airlines, České Dráhy, FlixBus, ÖBB-Personenverkehr. 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 Vienna to Klagenfurt?
79 percent of the services we sell from Vienna to Klagenfurt are direct. The rest connect at Wiener Neustadt, Graz, Eisenzicken, Maribor, with about 52 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Vienna to Klagenfurt produce?
Traveling from Vienna to Klagenfurt by train produces about 7.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 50.6 kg, roughly 7 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Vienna to Klagenfurt use?
Services from Vienna to Klagenfurt by train leave from Wien Hauptbahnhof and arrive at Maria Saal. 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 Vienna to Klagenfurt?
3 of the 4 operators we sell from Vienna to Klagenfurt 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 Vienna to Klagenfurt on September 20, 2026: 236 km of route against 235 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €11.73, and 2h 23m 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 Klagenfurt a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Klagenfurt and across Austria
Day trips that leave Klagenfurt in the morning and cover a good part of Austria by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Vienna reaches 285 places in 71 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 9,714 km. Klagenfurt reaches 74 places in 10 countries, from 66 to 1,518 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Vienna
- 285Places you can leave for
- 71Countries
- 101Operators
Arriving in Klagenfurt
Leaving Klagenfurt
- 74Places you can leave for
- 10Countries
- 9Operators