Vienna to Salzburg runs about 10 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 17:33. One passenger pays between €12.83 and €31.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 2h 30m over 254 km, on services run by 5 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 5 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€12.83 to €31.41
- 116%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Vienna
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.
- 06:27First departure
- 17:33Last departure
- 10Services per day
- 60%Run direct
ÖBB-Personenverkehr runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
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Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Vienna to Salzburg on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €27.68Wed16
- about €28.78Thu17
- about €27.68Fri18
- about €22.73Sat19
- about €21.63Sun20
- about €18.88Mon21
- about €15.58Tue22
- about €18.88Wed23
- about €22.18Thu24
- about €19.43Fri25
- about €18.88Sat26
- about €19.98Sun27
- about €15.58Mon28
- about €13.38Tue29
- about €15.03Wed30
- about €16.13Thu1
- about €17.23Fri2
- about €15.58Sat3
- about €17.78Sun4
- about €12.83Mon5
- about €12.83Tue6
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 Salzburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Salzburg for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Vienna to Salzburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €14.4890 days
- €13.3860 days
- €14.4845 days
- €16.1330 days
- €12.8321 days
- €13.3814 days
- €15.587 days
- €27.683 days
- €27.681 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €12.83.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 116 percent. The most expensive point is €27.68, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Vienna to Salzburg 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
254 km
252 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
1,691,468 → 157,245
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/6
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.
- Direct or connecting
- 76% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 24% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 254 km against 252 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Linz, Passau, Wiener Neustadt, České Budějovice. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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 SZG into Salzburg is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Salzburg
Settled in advance, so the ride into Salzburg 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 Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
Most of the points near Salzburg Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Vienna to Salzburg
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 Salzburg?
The fastest journey from Vienna to Salzburg takes 2h 30m door to door, of which 1h 46m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 25m, 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 Salzburg?
The cheapest fare from Vienna to Salzburg is €12.83, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €39.39. 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 Salzburg?
The cheapest way from Vienna to Salzburg is by coach, at €13.38 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 4h 9m 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 Salzburg?
The fastest way from Vienna to Salzburg is by train, at 2h 30m door to door. Only 1h 46m 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 €25.63.
When should I book Vienna to Salzburg?
Fares from Vienna to Salzburg bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €12.83. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 116 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Vienna to Salzburg?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Vienna to Salzburg, at €13.38. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 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 Salzburg?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Vienna to Salzburg, at €11.18 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 Salzburg?
5 operators sell services from Vienna to Salzburg across 3 modes: Austrian Airlines, FlixBus, Nas Air, ÖBB-Personenverkehr, WESTbahn. 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 Salzburg?
76 percent of the services we sell from Vienna to Salzburg are direct. The rest connect at Linz, Passau, Wiener Neustadt, České Budějovice, with about 48 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 Salzburg produce?
Traveling from Vienna to Salzburg by coach produces about 6.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 63.7 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Vienna to Salzburg use?
Services from Vienna to Salzburg by train leave from Wien Hauptbahnhof and arrive at Salzburg Hauptbahnhof. 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 Salzburg?
3 of the 5 operators we sell from Vienna to Salzburg 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 Vienna to Salzburg on September 15, 2026: 254 km of route against 252 km in a straight line, 17 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €12.83, and 2h 30m 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 Salzburg a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Salzburg and across Austria
Day trips that leave Salzburg in the morning and cover a good part of Austria by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Vienna reaches 281 places in 71 countries on services we hold, over distances from 46 to 9,714 km. Salzburg reaches 157 places in 34 countries, from 69 to 4,466 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Vienna
- 281Places you can leave for
- 71Countries
- 98Operators
Arriving in Salzburg
Leaving Salzburg
- 157Places you can leave for
- 34Countries
- 44Operators