There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Dublin by plane, train, ferry, car, or car ferry
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Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CGN - DUB
4h 36m€49–208Train, ferry
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Ice
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
14h 13m€247–501Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
26h 43m€219–431Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane DUS - DUB
4h 56m€56–238Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane FRA - DUB
5h 23m€75–298Train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BRU - DUB
6h 5m€69–273Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane AMS - DUB
7h 3m€74–283Train, ferry via Paris
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
28h 33m€275–587
Cologne to Dublin by train, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Dublin is to fly which costs €45 - €210 and takes 4h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Dublin is to fly which takes 4h 36m and costs €45 - €210.
The distance between Cologne and Dublin is 981 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Dublin without a car is to train and ferry which takes 14h 13m and costs €240 - €500.
It takes approximately 4h 36m to get from Cologne to Dublin, including transfers.
Dublin is 1h behind Cologne. It is currently 12:03 AM in Cologne and 11:03 PM in Dublin.
There are 1149+ hotels available in Dublin.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Dublin, Ireland?
Ryanair flies from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Dublin Airport (DUB) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–140
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–150
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 2 22 55 00 10
- nomad-car@laregionnormandie.fr
- Website
- nomad.normandie.fr
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- nomad.normandie.fr
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €9–35
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–260
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–190
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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