Barcelona to Düsseldorf train
Trains from Barcelona to Düsseldorf start at €119.14 and take 8h 28m at their fastest.
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Fares and seats move by the day. Price Barcelona to Düsseldorf on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Barcelona to Düsseldorf starts at €119.14 and takes 8h 28m door to door, run by 1 operator over 1,149 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.
- 8h 28mDoor to door
- 7h 44mMoving
- €119.14 to €341.89From
- 06:30 to 20:35First and last departure
- 10Per day
- 37.9 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 6, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€119.14 to €341.89 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €249.49Wed16
- about €341.89Thu17
- about €247.29Fri18
- about €236.84Sat19
- about €236.29Sun20
- about €181.29Mon21
- about €164.79Tue22
- about €150.49Wed23
- about €204.39Thu24
- about €185.14Fri25
- about €201.64Sat26
- about €180.19Sun27
- about €151.04Mon28
- about €119.14Tue29
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 6, 2026
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SNCF | €111.44 | 8h 26m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Düsseldorf. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Düsseldorf for the night the train gets in
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When to book Barcelona to Düsseldorf
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €49.1390 days
- €46.3860 days
- €49.6845 days
- €52.9830 days
- €44.7321 days
- €49.1314 days
- €60.687 days
- €89.283 days
- €95.881 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €44.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 114 percent. The most expensive point is €95.88, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €72.78Sun
- €60.13Mon
- €49.13Tue
- €64.53Wed
- €76.63Thu
- €70.58Fri
- €73.88Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Barcelona
- Barcelona Sants
- Barcelona-Sagrera
- Barcelona-El Port station
Düsseldorf
- Dusseldorf Hauptbahnhof
- Düsseldorf Hbf
- Düsseldorf Zoo station
What the journey actually looks like
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,149 km against 1,149 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Barcelona at 06:30 and the last at 20:35, across 10 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 5h 4m | 1h 54m | 3h 10m | €97.49 | 291.3 kg | 28 |
| Train | 8h 28m | 7h 44m | 44m | €119.14 | 37.9 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 15h 39m | 14h 55m | 44m | €49.13 | 31.0 kg | 10 |
Questions about Barcelona to Düsseldorf
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 the Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf take?
The Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf takes 8h 28m door to door, of which 7h 44m is spent moving. The route runs 1,149 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf cost?
The Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf starts at €119.14 for one passenger, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare is €153.52. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf?
1 operators run the Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf: SNCF. Between them they file around 10 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf use?
The Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf leaves from Barcelona Sants and arrives at Dusseldorf Hauptbahnhof. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Barcelona to Düsseldorf?
Traveling from Barcelona to Düsseldorf by Flight costs €97.49 and takes 5h 4m door to door, against 8h 28m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf?
Fares for the Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €44.73. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 114 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf produce?
The Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf produces about 37.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 1149 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf?
Operators on the Train from Barcelona to Düsseldorf publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 8h 28m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Barcelona to Düsseldorf on September 15, 2026: 1149 km of route against 1149 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €119.14, and 8h 28m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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