Catania to Rome runs about 56 times a day, with the first departure around 06:13 and the last around 20:55. One passenger pays between £19.47 and £44.10, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 547 km and are run by 9 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 9 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 20 October 2026
£19.47 to £44.10
- 143%Moves across the booking window
143%When it runs, leaving Catania
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:13First departure
- 20:55Last departure
- 56Services per day
- 100%Run direct
06:13
20:55
56
100%12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Catania to Rome and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.
12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Catania to Rome and pay on tickets.orlero.com, our booking site.
The price is the one 12Go sets, with every fee shown before you pay.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about £39.27Mon5
- about £35.49Tue6
- about £36.90Wed7
- about £37.85Thu8
- about £33.61Fri9
- about £35.02Sat10
- about £32.67Sun11
- about £23.72Mon12
- about £23.72Tue13
- about £24.65Wed14
- about £34.08Thu15
- about £27.48Fri16
- about £28.43Sat17
- about £26.55Sun18
- about £21.83Mon19
- about £19.47Tue20
- about £20.89Wed21
- about £29.37Thu22
- about £23.72Fri23
- about £25.60Sat24
- about £23.24Sun25
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Rome. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Rome for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Catania to Rome
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £19.9490 days
- £24.6560 days
- £17.5945 days
- £16.1830 days
- £23.2421 days
- £26.5514 days
- £32.677 days
- £36.903 days
- £39.271 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £16.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 143 percent. The dearest point is £39.27, 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 Catania to Rome 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
547 km
536 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
311,584 → 2,318,895
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 547 km against 536 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Rome is large, and the road in from FCO can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Rome
Settled in advance, so the ride into Rome 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 Roma Termini
Most of the points near Roma Termini open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Catania to Rome
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 Catania to Rome?
Catania to Rome covers 547 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 Catania to Rome?
The cheapest fare from Catania to Rome is £19.47, 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 Catania to Rome?
The cheapest way from Catania to Rome is by coach, at £19.47 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 Catania to Rome?
Fares from Catania to Rome bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £16.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 143 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 Catania to Rome?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Catania to Rome, at £23.72. 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 Catania to Rome?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Catania to Rome, at £17.11 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 Catania to Rome?
9 operators sell services from Catania to Rome across 3 modes: AeroItalia, BlaBlaCar, Grimaldi, Iberia Airlines, ITA Airways, Mango. 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 Catania to Rome?
Every service we sell from Catania to Rome is direct. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Catania to Rome produce?
Travelling from Catania to Rome by ferry produces about 12.3 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 115.4 kg, roughly 9 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Catania to Rome use?
Services from Catania to Rome by flight leave from Catania-Fontanarossa Airport CTA and arrive at Rome-Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport FCO. 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 Catania to Rome?
2 of the 9 operators we sell from Catania to Rome 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 Catania to Rome on 4 October 2026: 547 km of route against 536 km in a straight line, 80 services a day, 9 operators a cheapest fare of £19.47, and 4h 16m 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 Rome a set of days out that do not start at a station.
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The two ends, compared
Catania reaches 142 places in 31 countries on services we hold, over distances from 50 to 4,030 km. Rome reaches 381 places in 87 countries, from 26 to 11,152 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Catania
- 142Places you can leave for
- 31Countries
- 53Operators
31
53Arriving in Rome
Leaving Rome
- 381Places you can leave for
- 87Countries
- 128Operators