Málaga to Palma train

Trains from Málaga to Palma start at €86.69 and take 5h 26m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Málaga to Palma starts at €86.69 and takes 5h 26m door to door, run by 1 operator over 694 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 26mDoor to door
  • 4h 42mMoving
  • €86.69From
  • 22.9 kgCO2
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.

Lowest CO2€81.19
  1. Renfe R156506:125h 22m11:34Malaga Maria ZambranoPalma Intermodal

Door to door 6h 6mCO2 22.9 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

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
Renfe€73.495h 26m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • Renfe

The train gets you into Palma. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Palma

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Málaga to Palma

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

  1. €50.9490 days
  2. €30.0460 days
  3. €33.3445 days
  4. €37.7430 days
  5. €45.4421 days
  6. €59.1914 days
  7. €74.597 days
  8. €74.043 days
  9. €105.941 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.04.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 253 percent. The most expensive point is €105.94, 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.
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. €56.44Sun
  2. €50.94Mon
  3. €48.19Tue
  4. €50.94Wed
  5. €65.24Thu
  6. €59.19Fri
  7. €61.39Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

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

Málaga

Rail
  • Malaga Maria Zambrano
  • Málaga-María Zambrano
  • Estación antigua de Málaga

Palma

Rail
  • Palma Intermodal
  • Palma railway station (Ferrocarril de Sóller)
  • Bunyola station
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 694 km against 694 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Málaga at 06:12 and the last at 20:29, across 10 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

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 29m1h 19m3h 10m€73.30175.9 kg28
Train5h 26m4h 42m44m€86.6922.9 kg10
Ferry21h 28m19h 58m1h 30m€48.1979.8 kg30

Questions about Málaga to Palma

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 Málaga to Palma take?

The Train from Málaga to Palma takes 5h 26m door to door, of which 4h 42m is spent moving. The route runs 694 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 Málaga to Palma cost?

The Train from Málaga to Palma starts at €86.69 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €93.57. 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 Málaga to Palma?

1 operators run the Train from Málaga to Palma: Renfe. 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 Málaga to Palma use?

The Train from Málaga to Palma leaves from Malaga Maria Zambrano and arrives at Palma Intermodal. 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 Málaga to Palma?

Traveling from Málaga to Palma by Flight costs €73.30 and takes 4h 29m door to door, against 5h 26m 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 Málaga to Palma?

Fares for the Train from Málaga to Palma bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €30.04. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 253 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Málaga to Palma produce?

The Train from Málaga to Palma produces about 22.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 694 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 Málaga to Palma?

Operators on the Train from Málaga to Palma publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 26m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Málaga to Palma on September 11, 2026: 694 km of route against 694 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €86.69, and 5h 26m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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