Berlin to Cologne runs about 50 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 21:08. One passenger pays between £17.59 and £41.76, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 6h 6m over 483 km, on services run by 12 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 12 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 20 October 2026
£17.59 to £41.76
- 130%Moves across the booking window
130%When it runs, leaving Berlin
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:05First departure
- 21:08Last departure
- 50Services per day
- 100%Run direct
06:05
21:08
50
100%Departures on 12 October 2026
Real departures, filed by the operators themselves. Times only, no fares.
10:2816:145h 46m
S3S-Bahn Berlin GmbH2 changes
S Ostbahnhof (Berlin) → Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
Bikes carriedStep-free
S-Bahn Berlin GmbH timetable10:2816:055h 37m
S3S-Bahn Berlin GmbH3 changes
S Ostbahnhof (Berlin) → Köln Hbf
Bikes carriedStep-free
S-Bahn Berlin GmbH timetable
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £35.02Mon5
- about £30.31Tue6
- about £32.19Wed7
- about £33.14Thu8
- about £30.78Fri9
- about £32.19Sat10
- about £29.37Sun11
- about £21.36Mon12
- about £20.41Tue13
- about £21.83Wed14
- about £27.01Thu15
- about £25.13Fri16
- about £25.60Sat17
- about £24.19Sun18
- about £18.06Mon19
- about £17.59Tue20
- about £19.01Wed21
- about £22.77Thu22
- about £21.36Fri23
- about £22.30Sat24
- about £20.89Sun25
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
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A room in Cologne for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Berlin to Cologne
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £18.0690 days
- £22.3060 days
- £16.1845 days
- £15.2330 days
- £20.8921 days
- £24.1914 days
- £29.377 days
- £32.193 days
- £35.021 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £15.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 130 percent. The dearest point is £35.02, 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.
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This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Berlin to Cologne and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
10:28 → 14:40
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
483 km
479 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
3,426,354 → 1,024,621
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
What the journey 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 483 km against 479 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Cologne is large, and the road in from CGN can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Cologne
Settled in advance, so the ride into Cologne costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Koln Hauptbahnhof
Most of the points near Koln Hauptbahnhof open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Berlin to Cologne
The questions people actually ask about this journey, 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 Berlin to Cologne?
The Train from Berlin to Cologne takes 6h 6m door to door, of which 5h 22m is spent moving. The route runs 479 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 it cost to travel from Berlin to Cologne?
The cheapest fare from Berlin to Cologne is £17.59, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £58.25. 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 Berlin to Cologne?
The cheapest way from Berlin to Cologne is by coach, at £17.59 for one passenger on 20 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Berlin to Cologne?
Fares from Berlin to Cologne bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £15.23. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 130 percent, measured on 4 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Berlin to Cologne?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Berlin to Cologne, at £20.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 4 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Berlin to Cologne?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Berlin to Cologne, at £15.23 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 services from Berlin to Cologne?
12 operators sell services from Berlin to Cologne across 3 modes: BlaBlaCar, DB Fernverkehr, easyJet Europe, Eurowings, FlixBus, FlixTrain. 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 Berlin to Cologne?
Every service we sell from Berlin to Cologne is direct, with a fastest journey of 6h 6m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Berlin to Cologne produce?
Travelling from Berlin to Cologne by train produces about 15.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 103.0 kg, roughly 7 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Berlin to Cologne use?
Services from Berlin to Cologne by flight leave from Berlin Brandenburg Airport BER and arrive at Cologne Bonn Airport CGN. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Berlin to Cologne?
8 of the 12 operators we sell from Berlin to Cologne allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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 labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Berlin to Cologne on 4 October 2026: 483 km of route against 479 km in a straight line, 108 services a day, 12 operators a cheapest fare of £17.59, and 4h 12m 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 Cologne a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Cologne and across Germany
Day trips that leave Cologne in the morning and cover a good part of Germany by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Berlin reaches 329 places in 65 countries on services we hold, over distances from 106 to 11,568 km. Cologne reaches 254 places in 51 countries, from 11 to 9,350 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Berlin
- 329Places you can leave for
- 65Countries
- 90Operators
65
90Arriving in Cologne
Leaving Cologne
- 254Places you can leave for
- 51Countries
- 72Operators