There are 12 ways to get from France to Cluj-Napoca by plane, bus, train (TGV), night train, train, car, or car 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 from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)LYS - CLJ
5h 9m$86–289Bus via Ghent
cheapest- Take the bus from Paris to Ghent DampoortN802 / ...
- Take the bus from Ghent to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
20h 16m$44–78Train
- Take the train from Paris Est to Esslingen(Neckar)Tgv
- Take the train from Esslingen to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof62 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien HbfRj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-KeletiEc
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Cluj NapocaIc
27h 25m$188–427Night train, train
- Take the night train from Paris Est to Wien HbfNj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-KeletiEc
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Cluj NapocaIc
31h 15m$154–437Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)NCE - CLJ
6h 52m$90–275Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to St Louis
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)BSL - CLJ
5h 47m$72–315Bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)BVA - CLJ
6h 51m$67–315Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Charleroi-Central
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)CRL - CLJ
6h 44m$58–356Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)ZRH - CLJ
7h 2m$181–446Bus
- Take the bus from Paris to Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square
33h 47m$113–183Drive 1,863.4 km
- Drive from Paris to Cluj-Napoca1,863.4 km
18h 45m$334–483Drive, car train
- Drive from Paris to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Cluj-Napoca
21h 23m$358–1,577
France to Cluj-Napoca by subway and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to Cluj-Napoca is to bus via Ghent which costs $40 - $80 and takes 20h 16m.
The fastest way to get from France to Cluj-Napoca is to fly which takes 5h 9m and costs $85 - $290.
No, there is no direct train from France to Cluj-Napoca. However, there are services departing from Cité and arriving at Cluj Napoca via Paris Est, Esslingen, Salzburg Hbf, Wien Hbf and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 25m.
The distance between France and Cluj-Napoca is 1462 km. The road distance is 1863.4 km.
The best way to get from France to Cluj-Napoca without a car is to bus via Ghent which takes 20h 16m and costs $40 - $80.
It takes approximately 5h 9m to get from France to Cluj-Napoca, including transfers.
France to Cluj-Napoca train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Paris Est station.
The best way to get from France to Cluj-Napoca is to fly which takes 5h 9m and costs $85 - $290. Alternatively, you can bus via Ghent, which costs $40 - $80 and takes 20h 16m, you could also train, which costs $180 - $430 and takes 27h 25m.
Cluj-Napoca is 1h ahead of France. It is currently 10:20 PM in France and 11:20 PM in Cluj-Napoca.
France to Cluj-Napoca train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Esslingen(Neckar) station.
What companies run services between France and Cluj-Napoca, Romania?
Ulendo Airlink and Lufthansa fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a subway from Hôtel de Ville to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest via Porte Maillot, Paris, and Ghent in around 20h 16m.
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- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–410
Flights from Basel to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–270
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–260
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $25–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Basel to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $30–270
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–320
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–410
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Esslingen(Neckar)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Esslingen to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $50–80
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $45–70
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–25
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $14–21
- 1st Class
- $20–25
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Cluj Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–34
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Paris Est to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–330
- Couchette Carriage
- $190–230
- Seating Carriage
- $100–130
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to St Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $34–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Lille Flandres to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $13–20
- 1st Class
- $21–30
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Ghent to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–24
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- Phone
- 0040 263 215 521
- alexa.trans@yahoo.com
- Website
- alexatrans.ro
Bus from Paris to Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Schedules at
- alexatrans.ro
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