There are 6 ways to get from Kyoto to Athens by train, plane, or bus
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Train to Kansai International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Kyōto to Kansai Airporttrain
- Fly from Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane KIX - ATH
19h 51m€236–682Train to Chūbu Centrair International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kyōto to Nagoya Stationtrain
- Fly from Chūbu Centrair International Airport (NGO) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane NGO - ATH
23h 18m€536–849Fly from Osaka International Airport
- Fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane ITM - ATH
22h 18m€241–784Train to Okayama Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kyōto to Okayamatrain
- Fly from Okayama Airport (OKJ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane OKJ - ATH
24h 5m€349–1,024Train, bus to Hiroshima Airport, fly
- Take the train from Kyōto to Fukuyamatrain
- Take the bus from Fukuyama Station to Hiroshima Airportbus
- Fly from Hiroshima Airport (HIJ) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane HIJ - ATH
25h 8m€274–820Train to Kobe, fly
- Take the train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Stationtrain
- Fly from Kobe (UKB) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane UKB - ATH
22h€438–1,439
Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Athens International Airport (ATH) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kyoto to Athens is to train and fly which costs €230 - €700 and takes 19h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Kyoto to Athens is to train and fly which takes 19h 51m and costs €230 - €700.
The distance between Kyoto and Athens is 9426 km.
It takes approximately 19h 51m to get from Kyoto to Athens, including transfers.
Athens is 7h behind Kyoto. It is currently 7:32 PM in Kyoto and 12:32 PM in Athens.
There are 12149+ hotels available in Athens.
What companies run services between Kyoto, Japan and Athens, Greece?
All Nippon Airways, Turkish Airlines, and five other airlines fly from Osaka International Airport (ITM) to Athens International Airport (ATH) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Athens International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €250–900
Flights from Okayama Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Okayama Airport to Athens International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Okayama Airport to Athens International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,300
Flights from Okayama Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,200
Flights from Hiroshima Airport to Athens International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Hiroshima Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Hiroshima Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–950
Flights from Hiroshima Airport to Athens International Airport via Noi Bai International, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,100
Flights from Kobe to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Kobe to Athens International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €300–1,100
Flights from Kobe to Athens International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €230–700
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Okayama Airport to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,200
Flights from Okayama Airport to Athens International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Flights from Hiroshima Airport to Athens International Airport via Tokyo Haneda, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Kobe to Athens International Airport via Incheon, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Athens International Airport via Fukuoka, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–750
Flights from Okayama Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €300–950
Flights from Hiroshima Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–800
- Website
- juneyaoair.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–700
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–650
Flights from Okayama Airport to Athens International Airport via Taiwan Taoyuan, Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €320–1,000
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Chūbu Centrair International Airport to Athens International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–650
Flights from Hiroshima Airport to Athens International Airport via Dalian, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €220–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €320–1,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Kansai International Airport to Athens International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €300–1,000
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Osaka International Airport to Athens International Airport via Tokyo Narita, Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,100
- Phone
- (050) 2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Kansai Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved Seat
- €20–23
- Reserved Seat
- €16–24
- Green Seat
- €23–35
- Phone
- 050-2016-1603
- Website
- jrhokkaido.co.jp
Train from Kyōto to Nagoya Station
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- €24–35
- Reserved seat
- €29–40
- Green seat
- €35–50
Train from Kyōto to Okayama
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- €30–45
- Reserved seat
- €35–45
- Green seat
- €45–60
Train from Kyōto to Fukuyama
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- €35–50
- Reserved seat
- €40–55
- Green seat
- €55–75
Train from Kyōto to Shin-Kōbe Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Schedules at
- https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/
- Website
- https://www.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/
- Website
- https://www.jreast.co.jp/multi/en/
- Website
- https://global.jr-central.co.jp/en/
- Website
- https://www.westjr.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jr-shikoku.co.jp/global/en/
- Website
- https://www.jrkyushu.co.jp/english/
- Unreserved seat
- €16–23
- Reserved seat
- €21–26
- Green seat
- €25–35
- Phone
- 084-953-5391
- Website
- chugokubus.jp
Bus from Fukuyama Station to Hiroshima Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €8
- Schedules at
- hij.airport.jp
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