Vigo to Santander

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Vigo to Santander. From €42.62, fastest 4h 8m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Vigo to Santander costs €42.62 at the cheapest and takes 4h 8m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 436 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 10, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
436 km
Fastest
4h 8m
Average
4h 11m
Services per day
5
Cheapest
€42.62
CO2 per passenger
107.3 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 12m1h 2m3h 10m€60.32107.3 kg1
  • 4h 12mFastest, by Flight
  • €60.32Cheapest, by Flight
  • 107.3 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 436 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€42.62
  1. Air Nostrum AN153806:271h 2m07:29Vigo VGOSantander SDR

Door to door 4h 12mCO2 107.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€55.34
  1. Renfe R777807:302h 31m10:01Vigo UrzaizGijon Sanz Crespo
  2. Renfe R680110:511h 9m12:00Gijon Sanz CrespoSantander

Changes at Gijón, with 50 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 5h 14mCO2 16.1 kgChanges 1Refundable

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Vigo to Santander
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Vigo to SantanderFriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24
Flight€98.67€124.04€91.59€62.09€62.09€69.17€66.22€69.17€72.71€78.61€67.99€60.32€66.81€61.50
Train€118.59€165.89€104.29€102.64€83.94€119.14€107.59€93.84€93.84€84.49€68.54€72.94€74.59€92.19

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €42.62

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Santander is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Santander?

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Booking window

When to book Vigo to Santander

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

  1. €57.3790 days
  2. €36.1360 days
  3. €50.3945 days
  4. €49.1130 days
  5. €70.3521 days
  6. €61.5014 days
  7. €66.227 days
  8. €91.593 days
  9. €98.671 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €36.13.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 173 percent. The most expensive point is €98.67, 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.
€98.67€36.131371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €78.61Sun
  2. €62.09Mon
  3. €60.32Tue
  4. €66.81Wed
  5. €66.22Thu
  6. €69.17Fri
  7. €72.71Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €62.09Sep
  2. €53.24Oct
  3. €48.52Nov
  4. €41.44Dec
  5. €50.88Jan
  6. €44.34Feb

The route

VigoVigoSantanderSantander
The journey

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
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 436 km against 424 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at A Coruña, Gijón, Braga, Palencia. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Vigo at 06:27 and the last at 06:27, across 1 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Vigo

Rail
  • Vigo Urzaiz
  • Vigo Guixar
  • Vigo railway station
Bus
  • Vigo Estacion de Autobuses
  • Vigo EI Central Bus Station.
Air
  • VGO
Ferry
  • Vigo Estacion Maritima
  • Porto de Pasaxes Moaña-Vigo

Santander

Rail
  • Santander
  • Santander Estación
  • Santander railway station
Bus
  • Santander Estacion de Autobuses
  • Estación de autobuses de Santander
Air
  • SDR
Ferry
  • Santander Estacion Maritima
  • Embarcadero de Santander

The fare from SDR into Santander is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from SDR into Santander?

Settled in advance, so the ride into Santander costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Air Nostrum€42.624h 8m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Air Nostrum
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€28.5067%
Taxes€5.1312%
Supplier fees€7.0016%
Our service fee€1.995%
Total you pay€42.62100%

A day in Santander hauling a suitcase is a shorter day than it needs to be. We do not store bags.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Santander?

Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.

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Questions about Vigo to Santander

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 Vigo to Santander?

The fastest journey from Vigo to Santander takes 4h 8m door to door, of which 1h 2m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 4h 11m, 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 Vigo to Santander?

The cheapest fare from Vigo to Santander is €42.62, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €66.22. 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 Vigo to Santander?

The cheapest way from Vigo to Santander is by Flight, at €60.32 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 4h 12m 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 Vigo to Santander?

Fares from Vigo to Santander bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €36.13. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 173 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Vigo to Santander?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Vigo to Santander, at €60.32. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Vigo to Santander?

December is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Vigo to Santander, at €41.44 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 Vigo to Santander?

1 operators sell services from Vigo to Santander across 1 modes: Air Nostrum. 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 Vigo to Santander?

20 percent of the services we sell from Vigo to Santander are direct. The rest connect at A Coruña, Gijón, Braga, Palencia, with about 47 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 Vigo to Santander use?

Services from Vigo to Santander by Flight leave from Vigo VGO and arrive at Santander SDR. 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 Vigo to Santander?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Vigo to Santander 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

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Vigo to Santander on September 10, 2026: 436 km of route against 424 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €42.62, and 4h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Santander are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Santander before you go?

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Santander, with free cancellation on most of it.

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