There are 11 ways to get from Munich to Manchester by plane, train (Eurostar), bus, car, car train, train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane MUC - MAN
5h 3m£59–208Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus N280
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 540 / ...
27h 45m£57–168Train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
- Take the train from München Hbf to Frankfurttrain 47 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
12h 50m£147–727Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Munich to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
14h 53mTrain to Salzburg Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SZG - MAN
6h 30m£71–252Train to Innsbruck Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Innsbruck Airport (INN) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane INN - MAN
6h 39m£72–336Fly Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane MUC - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
7h 19m£94–272Fly Munich International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane MUC - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoriatrain
8h 55m£104–336Train
- Take the train from München Ost to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
16h 23m£156–498Train, bus
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re
- Take the bus from Plzeň CAN to Sheffieldbus
- Take the train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadillytrain
29h 6m£135–252Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Munich to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
15h 55m£215–309
Munich to Manchester by train and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Munich to Manchester is to bus which costs £55 - £170 and takes 27h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Munich to Manchester is to fly which takes 5h 3m and costs £55 - £210.
No, there is no direct bus from Munich station to Manchester station. However, there are services departing from Munich central bus station and arriving at Manchester Central Coach Station via London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Munich to Manchester. However, there are services departing from München Hbf and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Frankfurt, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 50m.
The distance between Munich and Manchester is 739 miles.
The best way to get from Munich to Manchester without a car is to train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 12h 50m and costs £140 - £750.
It takes approximately 5h 3m to get from Munich to Manchester, including transfers.
Munich to Manchester bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Munich central bus station.
Munich to Manchester train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from München Hbf station.
The best way to get from Munich to Manchester is to fly which takes 5h 3m and costs £55 - £210. Alternatively, you can train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA), which costs £140 - £750 and takes 12h 50m, you could also bus, which costs £55 - £170 and takes 27h 45m.
What companies run services between Munich, Germany and Manchester, England?
easyJet, Lufthansa, and three other airlines fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Manchester Airport (MAN) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train from München Hbf to Manchester Piccadilly via Frankfurt, Bruxelles Midi, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 12h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–210
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–370
Flights from Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Munich International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–320
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–230
Flights from Munich International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
Flights from Munich International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–310
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
Flights from Munich International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–250
Flights from Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–340
Flights from Innsbruck Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Munich International Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–410
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–250
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ostbahnhof to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £55–80
- 1st Class
- £110–190
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £11–40
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £6–24
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–30
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from München Ost to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 39m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- £55–80
- 1st Class
- £85–130
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- laenderbahn.com
Train from Muenchen Hbf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–71
- Schedules at
- laenderbahn.com
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–30
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Sheffield to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–30
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–40
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Plzeň CAN to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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Manchester is 1h behind Munich. It is currently 7:15 PM in Munich and 6:15 PM in Manchester.
Munich to Manchester train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
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