There are 5 ways to get from Delhi to Essen by plane or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane DEL - DUS
13h 31m€305–667Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
cheapest- Fly from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane DEL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbftrain
15h 2m€252–550Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane DEL - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
14h 58m€277–761Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane DEL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
13h 54m€260–565Fly to Münster Osnabrück International Airport, train
- Fly from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Münster Osnabrück International Airport (FMO)plane DEL - FMO
- Take the train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain
15h 57m€366–1,339
Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Delhi to Essen is to fly and train which costs €250 - €550 and takes 15h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Delhi to Essen is to fly which takes 13h 31m and costs €300 - €700.
The distance between Delhi and Essen is 6292 km.
It takes approximately 13h 31m to get from Delhi to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 4h 30m behind Delhi. It is currently 9:39 AM in Delhi and 5:09 AM in Essen.
There are 2775+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Delhi, India and Essen, Germany?
Lufthansa, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–850
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–750
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €190–750
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Münster Osnabrück International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- airindia.in
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–550
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–750
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–550
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–850
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–900
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–750
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Frankfurt via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–800
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190–750
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–800
- Website
- unilode.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Frankfurt via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–600
- Website
- uzairways.com
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Frankfurt via Tashkent
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €270–650
- Website
- flyturkmenistanairlines.eu
Flights from Indira Gandhi International Airport to Frankfurt via Ashgabat
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–550
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixtrain.de
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Münster Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–9
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duisburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- €8–13
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