There are 9 ways to get from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka by plane, bus, train, car, or shuttle
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Fly to Rijeka Airport
best- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)CLJ - RJK
6h 58m€103–440Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Cluj Napoca - OMV to Udine
- Take the bus from Udine to Rijeka bus station944
23h 32m€68–100Bus via Trieste
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Monfalcone
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
16h€103–185Train
- Take the train from Cluj Napoca to ZugloIr
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to LjubljanaIc
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Rijeka481 / ...
24h 17m€79–98Drive 905 km
- Drive from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka905 km
10h 14m€128–185Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)CLJ - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvor
7h 28m€104–275Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)CLJ - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
8h 10m€118–600Fly to Ljubljana, shuttle, train
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Ljubljana (LJU)CLJ - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Postojna
- Take the train from Postojna to Rijeka
8h 11m€193–398Fly to Treviso Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Treviso Airport (TSF)CLJ - TSF
- Take a shuttle bus from Treviso, Aeroporto to Rijeka
6h 43m€133–470
Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka by train and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka is to bus which costs €65 - €100 and takes 23h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka is to fly and shuttle which takes 6h 43m and costs €130 - €470.
No, there is no direct bus from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka station. However, there are services departing from Cluj Napoca - OMV and arriving at Rijeka bus station via Udine. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 32m.
No, there is no direct train from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka. However, there are services departing from Cluj Napoca and arriving at Rijeka via Zugló vasútállomás, Budapest-Kelenfoeld and Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 17m.
The distance between Cluj-Napoca and Rijeka is 759 km. The road distance is 905 km.
The best way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka without a car is to bus via Trieste which takes 16h and costs €100 - €190.
It takes approximately 6h 58m to get from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka, including transfers.
Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka bus services, operated by SC Latino Expres S.R.L., depart from Cluj Napoca - OMV station.
Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Cluj Napoca station.
The best way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka is to fly which takes 6h 58m and costs €100 - €440. Alternatively, you can bus via Trieste, which costs €100 - €190 and takes 16h, you could also train, which costs €75 - €100 and takes 24h 17m.
What companies run services between Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Rijeka, Croatia?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and three other airlines fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Rijeka Airport (RJK) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor via Monfalcone, Monfalcone, Trieste Centrale, and Trieste, Autostazione in around 16h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–460
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–430
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Ljubljana via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Ljubljana via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Treviso Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–180
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Cluj Napoca to Zuglo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–49
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–26
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Ljubljana to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- €9–13
- Regional Train Ticket
- €12–14
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- €18–21
Train from Postojna to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- €5–8
- Regional Train Ticket
- €7–9
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- €11–13
- Phone
- 004-0745517360
- office@teotrans.ro
- Website
- teotrans.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Monfalcone
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60
- Schedules at
- teotrans.ro
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–110
- Schedules at
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–320
- Schedules at
- goopti.com
- Shared
- €35–100
- Private
- €170–320
Shuttle from Treviso, Aeroporto to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–320
- Schedules at
- goopti.com
- Shared
- €35–100
- Private
- €170–320
- Phone
- +385 01/6331-933
- plesoprijevoz@plesoprijevoz.hr
- Website
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Postojna
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €50–65
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €50–65
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Bus from Cluj Napoca - OMV to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Udine to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €11–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka bus services, operated by SC Latino Expres S.R.L., arrive at Udine station.
Rijeka is 1h behind Cluj-Napoca. It is currently 6:54 PM in Cluj-Napoca and 5:54 PM in Rijeka.
Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Zuglo station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka is 905 km. It takes approximately 10h 14m to drive from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka.
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