Kos to Rhodes runs about 15 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 18:33. One passenger pays between £10.18 and £10.65, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 98 km and are run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
£10.18 to £10.65
- 23%Moves across the booking window
23%When it runs, leaving Kos
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:03First departure
- 18:33Last departure
- 15Services per day
- 80%Run direct
06:03
18:33
15
80%12Go issues the ticket, and you book it here on Orlero.
Buying this journey
Pick a departure for Kos to Rhodes 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 £12.55Mon5
- about £10.18Tue6
- about £10.65Wed7
- about £10.65Thu8
- about £10.18Fri9
- about £10.18Sat10
- about £10.18Sun11
- about £10.18Mon12
- about £10.18Tue13
- about £10.18Wed14
- about £10.18Thu15
- about £10.18Fri16
- about £10.18Sat17
- about £10.18Sun18
- about £10.18Mon19
- about £10.18Tue20
- about £10.18Wed21
- about £10.18Thu22
- about £10.18Fri23
- about £10.18Sat24
- about £10.18Sun25
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The ferry gets you into Rhodes. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Rhodes for the night the ferry gets in
Sort by distance from Faliraki Bus Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Kos to Rhodes
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- £10.1890 days
- £10.1860 days
- £10.1845 days
- £10.1830 days
- £10.1821 days
- £10.1814 days
- £10.187 days
- £10.653 days
- £12.551 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £10.18.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 23 percent. The dearest point is £12.55, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits outside the cheap window, which opens around 90 days before departure. There is no advantage to booking this minute.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 7 days ahead, so there is no rush yet.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Kos to Rhodes 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
98 km
98 km as the crow flies, 0% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
19,244 → 56,128
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.
- Direct or connecting
- 80% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 20% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 98 km against 98 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 Kálymnos, Sými, Pátmos. The gap between arriving and leaving is 56 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
The fare from RHO into Rhodes is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Rhodes
Settled in advance, so the ride into Rhodes costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
Rhodes is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.
Left luggage near Faliraki Bus Station
Most of the points near Faliraki Bus Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Kos to Rhodes
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 Kos to Rhodes?
Kos to Rhodes covers 98 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 Kos to Rhodes?
The cheapest fare from Kos to Rhodes is £10.18, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £10.18. 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 Kos to Rhodes?
The cheapest way from Kos to Rhodes is by ferry, at £10.18 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.
When should I book Kos to Rhodes?
Fares from Kos to Rhodes bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £10.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 23 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 Kos to Rhodes?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Kos to Rhodes, at £10.18. 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 Kos to Rhodes?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kos to Rhodes, at £10.18 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 Kos to Rhodes?
3 operators sell services from Kos to Rhodes across 1 mode: Blue Star, Dodekanisos Seaways, SAOS Ferries. 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 Kos to Rhodes?
80 percent of the services we sell from Kos to Rhodes are direct. The rest connect at Kálymnos, Sými, Pátmos, with about 56 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
Which station or terminal do services from Kos to Rhodes use?
Services from Kos to Rhodes by ferry leave from KOS and arrive at Esperides. Allow about 1h 30m 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 Kos to Rhodes?
3 of the 3 operators we sell from Kos to Rhodes 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 Kos to Rhodes on 4 October 2026: 98 km of route against 98 km in a straight line, 15 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of £10.18, and 4h 35m 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 Rhodes a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Rhodes and across Greece
Day trips that leave Rhodes in the morning and cover a good part of Greece by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kos reaches 101 places in 23 countries on services we hold, over distances from 14 to 8,509 km. Rhodes reaches 159 places in 31 countries, from 40 to 3,343 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kos
- 101Places you can leave for
- 23Countries
- 55Operators
23
55Arriving in Rhodes
Leaving Rhodes
- 159Places you can leave for
- 31Countries
- 78Operators