There are 10 ways to get from Palermo to Cluj-Napoca by plane, train, ferry, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Palermo Airport to Cluj-Napoca
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)PMO - CLJ
7h 7m$88–278Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Napoli CentraleIc
- Take the bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
40h 12m$70–254Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Messina CentraleRe
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.GiovanniM1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to PadovaFr
- Take the bus from Padua to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
29h 9mFerry, drive
- Take the ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Naples
- Drive from Port of Naples to Cluj-Napoca
27h 16m$372–532Fly Palermo Airport to Sibiu, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Sibiu (SBZ)PMO - SBZ
- Take the train from Sibiu to Clujana h.
12h 56m$86–365Fly Palermo Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, bus
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)PMO - BUD
- Take the bus from Budapest Airport to Cluj-Napoca
11h 54m$92–251Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)CTA - CLJ
6h 53m$87–273Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)CTA - BUD
- Take the bus from Budapest Airport to Cluj-Napoca
13h 45m$76–236Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo to Bologna CentraleN597
- Take the bus from Bologna to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
39h 37m$71–302Bus via Rome
- Take the bus from Palermo-Via Libertà to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines
- Take the bus from Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Take the bus from Rome, Termini to Cluj Napoca
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Palermo Airport (PMO) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Cluj-Napoca is to bus and fly which costs $75 - $240 and takes 13h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Cluj-Napoca is to bus and fly which takes 6h 53m and costs $85 - $280.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Cluj-Napoca. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest via Bologna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 37m.
The distance between Palermo and Cluj-Napoca is 1328 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Cluj-Napoca without a car is to train and ferry and bus which takes 29h 9m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 7m to get from Palermo to Cluj-Napoca, including transfers.
Palermo to Cluj-Napoca bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
The best way to get from Palermo to Cluj-Napoca is to fly which takes 7h 7m and costs $85 - $280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $70 - $310 and takes 39h 37m.
Palermo to Cluj-Napoca bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Cluj-Napoca is 1h ahead of Palermo. It is currently 10:08 PM in Palermo and 11:08 PM in Cluj-Napoca.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Cluj-Napoca, Romania?
Ryanair, Ulendo Airlink, and Tarom fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Palermo to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest via Bologna in around 39h 37m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–270
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–270
Flights from Palermo Airport to Sibiu via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–350
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Palermo Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Palermo Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Palermo Centrale to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- 004-0264-596775
- office@viaterraspedition.ro
- Website
- interregional.ro
Train from Sibiu to Clujana h.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Website
- Interregional Calatori
- Phone
- 0231 519 925
- Website
- trans-dor.ro
Bus from Padua to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $43–46
- Schedules at
- trans-dor.ro
- Phone
- 0720 008899
- office@presidenttour.ro
- Website
- presidenttour.ro
Bus from Budapest Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–55
- Schedules at
- presidenttour.ro
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Palermo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Palermo to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bologna to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $21–140
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Napoli, Autostazione Metropark to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $27–140
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 06 164 160, +39091342525
- info@segesta.it
- Website
- segesta.it
Bus from Palermo-Via Libertà to Trapani Imbarco Aliscafo Liberty Lines
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–18
- Schedules at
- segesta.it
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Rome, Termini to Cluj Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–65
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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