View over the rooftops from NH Calderon hotel on Rambla de Catalunya in Barcelona

Zagreb to Barcelona

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Zagreb to Barcelona. From $83.91, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays $83.91, every fee included. Services cover 1,223 km and are run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked October 6, 2026Priced for October 27, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at $83.91, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 27, 2026

$83.91

  • 146%Moves across the booking window

Departure times on this route

12Go lists the departures it sells between Zagreb and Barcelona.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about $171.88Wed7
  2. about $221.62Thu8
  3. about $154.28Fri9
  4. about $142.15Sat10
  5. about $141.54Sun11
  6. about $137.90Mon12
  7. about $100.90Tue13
  8. about $103.94Wed14
  9. about $134.27Thu15
  10. about $129.42Fri16
  11. about $140.93Sat17
  12. about $129.42Sun18
  13. about $100.90Mon19
  14. about $85.73Tue20
  15. about $97.26Wed21
  16. about $103.33Thu22
  17. about $114.86Fri23
  18. about $107.57Sat24
  19. about $99.68Sun25
  20. about $89.38Mon26
  21. about $83.91Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The bus gets you into Barcelona. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Barcelona for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Barcelona Sants and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Zagreb to Barcelona

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

  1. $69.9690 days
  2. $98.4760 days
  3. $78.4545 days
  4. $89.9830 days
  5. $83.9121 days
  6. $85.7314 days
  7. $100.907 days
  8. $154.283 days
  9. $171.881 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at $69.96.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 146 percent. The most expensive point is $171.88, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
$171.88$69.96137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Zagreb to Barcelona 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

1,223 km

1,215 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

663,592 → 1,686,208

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

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
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,223 km against 1,215 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 Bologna, Marseille, Nice. The gap between arriving and leaving is 66 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.

Barcelona is large, and the road in from BCN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Barcelona

Settled in advance, so the ride into Barcelona 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.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Barcelona Sants

Most of the points near Barcelona Sants open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Zagreb to Barcelona

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 Zagreb to Barcelona?

Zagreb to Barcelona covers 1,223 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Zagreb to Barcelona?

The cheapest fare from Zagreb to Barcelona is $83.91, as of October 6, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is $137.90. 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 Zagreb to Barcelona?

The cheapest way from Zagreb to Barcelona is by bus, at $83.91 for one passenger on October 27, 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Zagreb to Barcelona?

Fares from Zagreb to Barcelona bottom out around 90 days before departure, at $69.96. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 146 percent, measured on October 6, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Zagreb to Barcelona?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Zagreb to Barcelona, at $85.73. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of October 6, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Zagreb to Barcelona?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Zagreb to Barcelona, at $66.32 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 Zagreb to Barcelona?

3 operators sell services from Zagreb to Barcelona across 1 mode: easyJet Europe, FlixBus, SNCF. 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 Zagreb to Barcelona?

0 percent of the services we sell from Zagreb to Barcelona are direct. The rest connect at Bologna, Marseille, Nice, with about 66 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 Zagreb to Barcelona use?

Services from Zagreb to Barcelona by bus leave from Zagreb Autobusni kolodvor and arrive at Barcelona Sants. 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 Zagreb to Barcelona?

2 of the 3 operators we sell from Zagreb to Barcelona allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs $5.51. 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

Being on the water gives Barcelona a set of days out that do not start at a station.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Barcelona and across Spain

Day trips that leave Barcelona in the morning and cover a good part of Spain by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Zagreb reaches 93 places in 32 countries on services we hold, over distances from 49 to 9,343 km. Barcelona reaches 207 places in 53 countries, from 48 to 11,182 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Zagreb

  • 93Places you can leave for
  • 32Countries
  • 14Operators

Arriving in Barcelona

Leaving Barcelona

  • 207Places you can leave for
  • 53Countries
  • 84Operators

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