There are 7 ways to get from Cologne to Praia by train, plane, 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.
Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI)plane DUS - RAI
11h 39m$323–1,339Train to Brussels Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI)plane BRU - RAI
12h 15m$254–706Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI)plane FRA - RAI
11h 46m$371–1,031Train, bus to Luxembourg, fly
- Take the train from Köln Süd Bf to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsbackbus
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI)plane LUX - RAI
13h 32m$319–1,079Train, 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 Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI)plane AMS - RAI
12h 27m$332–1,204Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI)plane CGN - RAI
11h 31m$303–1,324Train to Paris Orly Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nordtrain
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI)plane ORY - RAI
12h 43m$430–991
Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Praia is to train and fly which costs $250 - $750 and takes 12h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Praia is to fly which takes 11h 31m and costs $300 - $1,400.
The distance between Cologne and Praia is 4919 km.
It takes approximately 11h 39m to get from Cologne to Praia, including transfers.
Praia is 3h behind Cologne. It is currently 10:55 PM in Cologne and 7:55 PM in Praia.
There are 496+ hotels available in Praia.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Praia, Cabo Verde?
Ryanair, Cabo Verde Airlines, and TAP Portugal fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Nelson Mandela International Airport (RAI) 3 times a week.
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,300
Flights from Frankfurt to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Frankfurt to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Luxembourg to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Luxembourg to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,500
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–500
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–500
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Brussels Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from Luxembourg to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
- Website
- caboverdeairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Frankfurt to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Lisboa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,200
Flights from Brussels Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 52m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,300
- Website
- flyairsenegal.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Blaise Diagne
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Nelson Mandela International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nelson Mandela International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,600
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Nelson Mandela International Airport via Sal Island
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Nelson Mandela International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- fahrgaeste@train-rental.com
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–25
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Süd Bf to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $220–360
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- Mobiliteit
Bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsback
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Mobiliteit
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