There are 6 ways to get from Cologne to Riyadh by plane, train, 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 Riyadh (RUH)plane CGN - RUH
11h 23mSAR 763–2,239Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
cheapest- 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 Riyadh (RUH)plane AMS - RUH
12h 38mSAR 727–2,313Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Riyadh (RUH)plane DUS - RUH
12h 22mSAR 853–2,498Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Riyadh (RUH)plane FRA - RUH
10h 8mSAR 1,184–2,134Train to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Riyadh (RUH)plane DTM - RUH
17h 14mTrain, 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 Riyadh (RUH)plane LUX - RUH
17h 25mSAR 934–3,021
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Riyadh (RUH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Riyadh is to train and fly which costs 700﷼ - 2400﷼ and takes 12h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Riyadh is to train and fly which takes 10h 8m and costs 1100﷼ - 2200﷼.
The distance between Cologne and Riyadh is 4482 km.
It takes approximately 11h 23m to get from Cologne to Riyadh, including transfers.
Riyadh is 2h ahead of Cologne. It is currently 12:09 AM in Cologne and 2:09 AM in Riyadh.
There are 2426+ hotels available in Riyadh.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia?
Pegasus Airlines, AJet, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Riyadh (RUH) every 4 hours.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–3,100
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–3,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,400
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–3,200
Flights from Luxembourg to Riyadh via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–3,400
- Website
- flyaircairo.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,300–3,700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riyadh via Hurghada
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,000
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Riyadh via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 700–2,900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,200
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Riyadh via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–2,700
- Website
- mea.com.lb
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,400–3,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,300–3,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riyadh via Beirut
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,700–4,600
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 950–2,800
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riyadh via Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,100–3,400
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 750–2,700
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,700
Flights from Luxembourg to Riyadh via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–2,900
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- SAR 800–2,700
Flights from Luxembourg to Riyadh via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,000–2,900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 850–3,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Riyadh via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,400
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,200–3,400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riyadh via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- SAR 1,600–4,400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Riyadh via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–2,900
Flights from Luxembourg to Riyadh via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Riyadh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- SAR 900–3,700
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- SAR 35–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 110–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 110–220
- 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 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 75–140
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- SAR 75–140
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- SAR 45–85
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- 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
- SAR 75–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- 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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