There are 11 ways to get from London to Munich by plane, train, bus, car, car train or car ferry
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Recommended option
Fly London Heathrow to Munich • 4h 48m
Cheapest option
9 alternative options
Fly London City to Munich • 6h 15m
Train to Birmingham, fly to Munich • 5h 48m
Fly London Stansted to Munich • 5h 23m
Train • 9h 49m
Bus • 21h 25m
Drive, Eurotunnel • 10h 31m
Drive, car ferry • 11h 37m
London to Munich by train
The train journey time between London and Munich is around 9h 49m and covers a distance of around 1164 km. This includes an average layover time of around 1h 21m. Operated by Eurostar, Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express and Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), the London to Munich train service departs from London St Pancras Intl and arrives in München Hbf. Typically 43 trains run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Munich is to bus which costs £80 - £120 and takes 21h 25m.
The quickest way to get from London to Munich is to fly which costs £80 - £300 and takes 4h 48m.
No, there is no direct bus from London station to Munich station. However, there are services departing from London Victoria Coach Station and arriving at Munich central bus station via Frankfurt central train station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 25m.
No, there is no direct train from London to Munich. However, there are services departing from London St Pancras Intl and arriving at München Hbf via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 49m.
The distance between London and Munich is 918 km.
The best way to get from London to Munich without a car is to train which takes 9h 49m and costs £170 - £410.
It takes approximately 4h 48m to get from London to Munich, including transfers.
London to Munich bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from London Victoria Coach Station.
London to Munich train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
The best way to get from London to Munich is to fly which takes 4h 48m and costs £80 - £300. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £170 - £410 and takes 9h 49m, you could also bus, which costs £80 - £120 and takes 21h 25m.
- Distance: 918 km
- Duration: 4h 48m
What companies run services between London, England and Munich, Germany?
Lufthansa, British Airways and four other airlines fly from London Paddington to Munich hourly. Alternatively, you can take a train from London King's Cross to Munich via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and Frankfurt in around 9h 49m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €430
Flights from London Heathrow to Munich via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €430
Flights from London City to Munich via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120 - €550
Flights from London Gatwick to Munich via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120 - €430
Flights from Birmingham to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €550
Flights from Birmingham to Munich via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €550
Flights from London Stansted to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95 - €410
Flights from London Heathrow to Stuttgart via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140 - €410
Flights from London Heathrow to Stuttgart via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140 - €410
Flights from London Gatwick to Salzburg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150 - €650
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95 - €650
Flights from London Heathrow to Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85 - €490
Flights from London Gatwick to Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110 - €750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Munich via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €650
Flights from London City to Munich via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190 - €600
Flights from Birmingham to Munich via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €650
Flights from London Heathrow to Stuttgart via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €650
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60 - €310
Flights from London Gatwick to Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €380
Flights from London Gatwick to Salzburg via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €380
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London City to Munich via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130 - €550
Flights from Birmingham to Munich via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €240 - €750
Flights from London Heathrow to Stuttgart via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130 - €550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100 - €420
Flights from London Heathrow to Stuttgart via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €420
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from London City to Munich via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150 - €480
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Birmingham to Munich via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190 - €700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from London City to Munich via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €320 - €1100
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from London Gatwick to Munich via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120 - €360
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Birmingham to Munich via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120 - €600
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Stuttgart via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170 - €1000
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11 - €16
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- €11 - €16
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from London Victoria to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14
- Schedules at
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/timetables
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Anytime Day SIngle
- €14
- Phone
- 00 44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45 - €140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- €45 - €65
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- €90 - €140
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0006
- contact.lnr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35 - €55
- Website
- https://www.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk/
- Standard
- €35 - €55
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- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35 - €55
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30 - €45
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50 - €75
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50 - €75
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
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- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40 - €85
- Website
- https://www.sncf.com/en
- 2nd Class
- €40 - €60
- 1st Class
- €60 - €85
- Phone
- +41 848 44 66 88
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75 - €140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en/home.html
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26 - €40
- Website
- http://fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/query.exe/en?revia=yes&existOptimizePrice=1&country=overseas&initialAvail=ON&S={fromName}&Z={toName}&start=1
- Phone
- 030 200730
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27 - €40
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14 - €35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Advantage Ticket
- €14 - €21
- Standart Ticket
- €24 - €35
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- Website
- mavcsoport.hu
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6 - €8
- Website
- https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- kontakt@bayerischeoberlandbahn.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from Salzburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €34 - €37
- Schedules at
- brb.de
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23 - €35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Salzburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21 - €200
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- €140 - €200
- Couchette Carriage
- €70 - €100
- Seating Carriage
- €21 - €30
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- Phone
- +385 1 3782 583
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8 - €12
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29 - €45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/
Rome2Rio's guide to Eurostar
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110 - €320
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Business Premier
- €312 - €317
- Standard
- €115 - €125
- Standard Premier
- €150 - €190
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- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30 - €50
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- €30 - €50
- 1st Class
- €50 - €75
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from London Victoria Coach Station to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60 - €90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Book at
- https://shop.global.flixbus.com/
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30 - €45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Book at
- https://shop.global.flixbus.com/
Frequently asked questions
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29 - €33
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Car
- €120 - €140
- On Foot
- €29 - €33
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The quickest flight from London Heathrow Airport to Munich Airport is the direct flight which takes 1h 50m.
London to Munich bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Munich is 1h ahead of London. It is currently 12:34 PM in London and 1:34 PM in Munich.
London to Munich train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express, arrive at München Hbf station.
KLM, British Airways and Lufthansa offer flights from London Heathrow Airport to Munich Airport.
Book your London to Munich bus tickets online with FlixBus.
There are 1087+ hotels available in Munich. Prices start at €87 per night.
The best way to get from London to London Heathrow Airport is to train which takes 14 min and costs £4 - £35.