Zadar to Novalja runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:17 and the last around 06:17. One passenger pays €11.88, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 30m over 59 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €11.88, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for September 19, 2026
€11.88
- 5%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Zadar
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.
- 06:17First departure
- 06:17Last departure
- 1Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Jadrolinija runs this service and does not sell it here. AFerry takes the payment.
Buying this trip
AFerry holds the sailings between these two ports, with the crossing times and the fares.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €12.44Fri18
- about €11.88Sat19
- about €11.88Sun20
- about €11.88Mon21
- about €11.88Tue22
- about €11.88Wed23
- about €11.88Thu24
- about €11.88Fri25
- about €11.88Sat26
- about €11.88Sun27
- about €11.88Mon28
- about €11.88Tue29
- about €11.88Wed30
- about €11.88Thu1
- about €11.88Fri2
- about €11.88Sat3
- about €11.88Sun4
- about €11.88Mon5
- about €11.88Tue6
- about €11.88Wed7
- about €11.88Thu8
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 ferry gets you into Novalja. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Novalja for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Autobusni kolodvor Novalja and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Zadar to Novalja
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €11.8890 days
- €11.8860 days
- €11.8845 days
- €11.8830 days
- €11.8821 days
- €11.8814 days
- €11.887 days
- €11.883 days
- €12.441 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €11.88.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 5 percent. The most expensive point is €12.44, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 3 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Zadar to Novalja 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
59 km
56 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
67,309 → 2,415
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 59 km against 56 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Pula. The gap between arriving and leaving is 75 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.
Who runs this route
Novalja is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Baggage storage near Autobusni kolodvor Novalja
Most of the points near Autobusni kolodvor Novalja open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Zadar to Novalja
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 Zadar to Novalja?
The fastest journey from Zadar to Novalja takes 3h 30m door to door, of which 2h 8m is spent moving, on the ferry. Most services take around 3h 39m, 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 Zadar to Novalja?
The cheapest fare from Zadar to Novalja is €11.88, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €11.88. 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 Zadar to Novalja?
The cheapest way from Zadar to Novalja is by ferry, at €11.88 for one passenger on September 19, 2026. That journey takes 3h 38m 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 Zadar to Novalja?
Fares from Zadar to Novalja bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €11.88. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 5 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Zadar to Novalja?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Zadar to Novalja, at €11.88. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 17, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Zadar to Novalja?
October is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Zadar to Novalja, at €11.88 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 Zadar to Novalja?
No operator record names Zadar to Novalja directly. Jadrolinija publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Zadar to Novalja?
50 percent of the services we sell from Zadar to Novalja are direct. The rest connect at Pula, with about 75 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 Zadar to Novalja use?
Services from Zadar to Novalja by ferry leave from Preko and arrive at NOVALJA. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Zadar to Novalja?
1 of the 1 operators we sell from Zadar to Novalja 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Zadar to Novalja on September 17, 2026: 59 km of route against 56 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €11.88, and 3h 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 Novalja a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Novalja and across Croatia
Day trips that leave Novalja in the morning and cover a good part of Croatia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Zadar reaches 109 places in 26 countries on services we hold, over distances from 20 to 1,952 km. Novalja reaches 2 places in 1 countries, from 56 to 89 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Zadar
- 109Places you can leave for
- 26Countries
- 28Operators
Arriving in Novalja
Leaving Novalja
- 2Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators