There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Dublin by plane, train, ferry, car, car ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane CGN - DUB
4h 36m€57–204Train, ferry
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- 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 27m€230–590Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cologne to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
26h 43m€191–318Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbftrain Re
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guilleminstrain Tha
- Take the bus from Liege to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bus Stationbus 409
- Take the train from Shrewsbury to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
27h 10m€149–370Train 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€69–281Train 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€77–272Train 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€74–244Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatztrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane EIN - DUB
7h 31m€95–281
Cologne to Dublin by train, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Dublin is to fly which costs €55 - €210 and takes 4h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Dublin is to fly which takes 4h 36m and costs €55 - €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 27m and costs €230 - €600.
It takes approximately 4h 36m to get from Cologne to Dublin, including transfers.
Dublin is 1h behind Cologne. It is currently 6:50 AM in Cologne and 5:50 AM in Dublin.
There are 1089+ 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
- €45–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–150
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via London City
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €135–145
Flights from Brussels Airport to Dublin Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €29–45
- Comfort
- €30–45
- Premium
- €45–65
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- 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
- €25–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €25–40
- Comfort
- €27–40
- Premium
- €40–60
- 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
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- 1st Class
- €10–15
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Aachen Hbf to Liege-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–13
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €11–13
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Shrewsbury to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–95
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Köln Hbf to MG Hbf /Europaplatz
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–30
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–16
- 1st Class
- €18–30
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Liege to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- 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
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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