There are 12 ways to get from Como to Cologne by train, plane, train (Trenitalia), bus, night train, or car
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 Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Take the train from Como Lago to Saronnotrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane MXP - CGN
4h 56m€60–190Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Como Lago to Saronnotrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane MXP - DUS
5h 42m€49–202Train via Arth
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Arth-Goldautrain Ec
- Take the train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain 43
9h 1m€89–284Bus
- Take the bus from Como Grandate to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus 024
- Take the bus from Zürich Bus Station to Kölnbus Ivano-Frankivsk
11h 30mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Biascatrain S10
- Take the train from Biasca to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln Hbfnighttrain Nj
13h 33mTrain, train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Monzatrain
- Take the train from Monza to Milano Forlaninitrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane LIN - DUS
- Take the train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbftrain
6h 13m€85–282Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane BGY - CGN
5h 34m€71–270Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane ZRH - CGN
6h 19m€140–349Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Como Lago to Saronnotrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane MXP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
5h 47m€82–233Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Monzatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane LIN - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
6h 18m€62–203Train
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Bellinzonatrain S10 / ...
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Basel SBBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbftrain 43 / ...
9h 4m€65–311Drive 780.1 km
- Drive from Como to Colognecar 780.1 km
7h 12m€120–172
Como to Cologne by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Como to Cologne is to train and fly which costs €60 - €190 and takes 4h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Como to Cologne is to train and fly which takes 4h 56m and costs €60 - €190.
No, there is no direct bus from Como to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Como Grandate and arriving at Köln via Zürich Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Como to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Como S. Giovanni and arriving at Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Arth-Goldau and Basel SBB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 1m.
The distance between Como and Cologne is 663 km. The road distance is 780.1 km.
The best way to get from Como to Cologne without a car is to train via Arth which takes 9h 1m and costs €85 - €290.
It takes approximately 4h 56m to get from Como to Cologne, including transfers.
Como to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Como Grandate station.
Como to Cologne train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Como S. Giovanni station.
The best way to get from Como to Cologne is to train via Arth which takes 9h 1m and costs €85 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 11h 30m.
What companies run services between Como, Italy and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Como S. Giovanni to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf via Arth-Goldau and Basel SBB in around 9h 1m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Como Grandate to Köln via Zürich Bus Station in around 11h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–270
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–300
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–370
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–120
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Como Lago to Saronno
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Biasca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Monza
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Milano Forlanini
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Arth-Goldau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €60–85
- 2nd Class
- €40–55
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €18–26
- 2nd Class
- €22–30
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €40–65
- 2nd Class
- €19–26
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €35–50
- 2nd Class
- €40–60
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Biasca to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Arth-Goldau to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Bellinzona to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–20
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €40–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Basel Bad Bf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–263
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €259–263
- Couchette Carriage
- €130–160
- Seating Carriage
- €45–60
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–21
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €8–12
- 1st Class
- €12–21
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- €24–35
- Comfort
- €25–35
- Premium
- €40–55
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Basel SBB to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Como Grandate to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €27–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Zürich Bus Station to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–17
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- €13–17
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Como to Cologne bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zurich Bus Station.
Como to Cologne train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Arth-Goldau station.
Yes, the driving distance between Como to Cologne is 780 km. It takes approximately 7h 12m to drive from Como to Cologne.
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