There are 10 ways to get from Madrid to Cluj by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly to Cluj-Napoca
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane MAD - CLJ
7h 21m$76–263Fly to Sibiu, bus
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane MAD - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Turdabus
9h 45m$73–300Train, bus via Ghent
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Sud De Francetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Montpellier Sud De France to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Lille to Ghent Dampoortbus 280 / ...
- Take the bus from Ghent to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
31h 38m$379–676Drive 2,773.3 km
- Drive from Madrid to Cluj-Napocacar 2,773.3 km
30h 44m$507–732Fly to Oradea International Airport, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Oradea International Airport (OMR)plane MAD - OMR
- Take the bus from Oradea to Huedinbus
9h 50mFly to Tirgu Mures, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane MAD - TGM
- Take the bus from Tirgu Mures Airport to Câmpia Turziibus
10h 37mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Gironatrain Avn / ...
- Take the bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Turdabus
38h 24m$187–333Bus
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Sebeşbus
- Take the bus from Sebeș to Turdabus
2d 2h$82–187Bus via Marseille
- Take the bus from Madrid to Marseillebus FlixBus N1138
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
2d 4hDrive, car train
- Drive from Madrid to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Cluj-Napocacar
30h 25m$612–883
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Cluj is to fly which costs $75 - $270 and takes 7h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Cluj is to fly which takes 7h 21m and costs $75 - $270.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Cluj. However, there are services departing from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur and arriving at Cluj-Napoca Piata Mihai Viteazu via Sebeș and Turda. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
The distance between Madrid and Cluj is 2309 km. The road distance is 2773.3 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Cluj without a car is to train and bus via Ghent which takes 31h 38m and costs $370 - $700.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Madrid to Cluj, including transfers.
Madrid to Cluj bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, depart from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Cluj is to fly which takes 7h 21m and costs $75 - $270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $80 - $190 and takes 2 days 2h.
Madrid to Cluj bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, arrive at Sebeş station.
Cluj is 1h ahead of Madrid. It is currently 11:08 AM in Madrid and 12:08 PM in Cluj.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Cluj, Romania?
Ulendo Airlink, Lufthansa, and Ryanair fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Cluj-Napoca Piata Mihai Viteazu via Sebeș and Turda in around 2d 2h.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Oradea International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Oradea International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tirgu Mures via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Oradea International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–420
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Oradea International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–280
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Oradea International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $65–270
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Oradea International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tirgu Mures via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–26
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Montpellier Sud De France
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Montpellier Sud De France to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $210–340
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Lille to Ghent Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sebeș to Turda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Madrid to Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- 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
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Oradea to Huedin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0729-770.870
- transolteanutour@yahoo.com
- Website
- transolteanu.ro
Bus from Tirgu Mures Airport to Câmpia Turzii
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- transolteanu.ro
- Phone
- +40743919764
- Website
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Tirgu Mures Airport to Câmpia Turzii
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0231-517.509
- Website
- apetrans.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Turda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- apetrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40 730 250 062
- bistrita@mateiunitrans.ro
- Website
- mateiunitrans.ro
Bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Turda
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Schedules at
- mateiunitrans.ro
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Sebeş
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 9m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +4-0726.922.277
- Website
- obada-transmontana.ro
Bus from Sebeș to Turda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- obadatrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40-260-606343
- Website
- cento.ro
Bus from Sebeș to Turda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- cento.ro
- Phone
- +4-0730-223.590
- Website
- romtimex.autogari.ro
Bus from Sebeș to Turda
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- romtimex.autogari.ro
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