Strasbourg to Montpellier train
Trains from Strasbourg to Montpellier start at €84.49 and take 5h 10m at their fastest.
The Trains from Strasbourg to Montpellier starts at €84.49 and takes 5h 10m door to door, run by 2 operators over 628 km, with around 10 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5h 10mDoor to door
- 4h 26mMoving
- €84.49From
- 20.7 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
No bookable itinerary on the day this page prices, so none is shown.
Rail operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From |
|---|---|
 SNCF | €69.64 |
| Trenitalia France | €71.84 |
The train gets you into Montpellier. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
Where to stay in Montpellier
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When to book Strasbourg to Montpellier
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €33.7390 days
- €26.0360 days
- €24.3845 days
- €23.2830 days
- €35.3821 days
- €46.9314 days
- €50.237 days
- €49.683 days
- €69.481 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €23.28.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 198 percent. The most expensive point is €69.48, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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.
- €42.53Sun
- €33.73Mon
- €33.73Tue
- €36.48Wed
- €44.18Thu
- €49.68Fri
- €46.93Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Strasbourg
- Strasbourg
- Strasbourg-Roethig
- Strasbourg-Ville station
Montpellier
- Montpellier Saint Roch
- Montpellier St-Roch
- Montpellier Sud de France station
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
- 78% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 22% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 628 km against 628 km in a straight line, a detour of 0 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Lyon, Besançon, Nîmes, Villeurbanne. The gap between arriving and leaving is 67 minutes, of which about 5 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.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Strasbourg at 06:12 and the last at 17:18, 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
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 24m | 1h 14m | 3h 10m | €78.61 | 159.2 kg | 2 |
| Train | 5h 10m | 4h 26m | 44m | €84.49 | 20.7 kg | 10 |
| Coach | 9h 20m | 8h 36m | 44m | €33.73 | 17.0 kg | 6 |
Questions about Strasbourg to Montpellier
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 Strasbourg to Montpellier take?
The Train from Strasbourg to Montpellier takes 5h 10m door to door, of which 4h 26m is spent moving. The route runs 628 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 Strasbourg to Montpellier cost?
The Train from Strasbourg to Montpellier starts at €84.49 for one passenger, checked on September 12, 2026. A typical fare is €82.84. 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 Strasbourg to Montpellier?
2 operators run the Train from Strasbourg to Montpellier: SNCF, Trenitalia France. 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 Strasbourg to Montpellier use?
The Train from Strasbourg to Montpellier leaves from Strasbourg and arrives at Montpellier Saint Roch. 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 Strasbourg to Montpellier?
Traveling from Strasbourg to Montpellier by Flight costs €78.61 and takes 4h 24m door to door, against 5h 10m 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 Strasbourg to Montpellier?
Fares for the Train from Strasbourg to Montpellier bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €23.28. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 198 percent, measured on September 12, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Strasbourg to Montpellier produce?
The Train from Strasbourg to Montpellier produces about 20.7 kg of CO2 per passenger over 628 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 Strasbourg to Montpellier?
Operators on the Train from Strasbourg to Montpellier publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 2 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 10m 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 Strasbourg to Montpellier on September 12, 2026: 628 km of route against 628 km in a straight line, 10 services a day, 2 operators, a cheapest fare of €84.49, and 5h 10m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Montpellier is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Montpellier
Day trips that leave Montpellier in the morning and cover a good part of France by evening.
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