There are 8 ways to get from Palermo to Manchester by plane, car ferry, bus, train, train (Trenitalia, Eurostar), or 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 Palermo Airport to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane PMO - MAN
6h 40m£46–181Bus to Trapani Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi to Trapani Birgi Airportbus
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane TPS - MAN
6h 56m£44–185Car ferry, bus, train
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the bus from Genoa to Marseillebus
- Take the train from Marseille St Charles to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
39h 4m£414–646Train
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bolzano Bozentrain Fr
- Take the train from Bolzano-Bozen to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain Nj
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf 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
41h 50m£479–852Bus, train
- Take the bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Mons - Place Léopoldbus
- Take the train from Mons to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
42h 47m£412–610Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane CTA - MAN
8h 21m£58–179Fly Palermo Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane PMO - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoriatrain
10h 27m£126–358Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Port of Palermo to Naples Beverelloferry
- Take the bus from Naples - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
2d£179–319
Palermo to Manchester by train and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Manchester is to bus and fly which costs £40 - £190 and takes 6h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Manchester is to fly which takes 6h 40m and costs £45 - £190.
No, there is no direct train from Palermo to Manchester. However, there are services departing from Palermo Centrale and arriving at Manchester Piccadilly via Roma Termini, Bolzano-Bozen, Salzburg Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi and London Euston. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 50m.
The distance between Palermo and Manchester is 1315 miles.
The best way to get from Palermo to Manchester without a car is to car ferry and bus and train which takes 39h 4m and costs £410 - £650.
It takes approximately 6h 40m to get from Palermo to Manchester, including transfers.
Palermo to Manchester train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Palermo Centrale station.
The best way to get from Palermo to Manchester is to fly which takes 6h 40m and costs £45 - £190. Alternatively, you can train, which costs £470 - £850 and takes 41h 50m.
Manchester is 1h behind Palermo. It is currently 3:28 PM in Palermo and 2:28 PM in Manchester.
Palermo to Manchester train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Roma Termini station.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Manchester, England?
Jet2.com, easyJet, and Ryanair fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Manchester Airport (MAN) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Palermo Centrale to Manchester Piccadilly via Roma Termini, Bolzano-Bozen, Salzburg Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, London St Pancras Intl, and London Euston in around 41h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Manchester Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Palermo Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Palermo Airport to Manchester Airport via Turin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–140
Flights from Trapani Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Trapani Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Trapani Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Trapani Airport to Manchester Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Trapani Airport to Manchester Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–160
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Manchester Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from Palermo Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
Flights from Palermo Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Manchester Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Marseille St Charles to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £160–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–150
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Bolzano-Bozen to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £21–80
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £76–80
- Couchette Carriage
- £45–60
- Seating Carriage
- £21–26
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £140–220
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Mons to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–24
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Genoa to Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Palermo Piazza Cairoli to Mons - Place Léopold
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £260–360
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
Bus from Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Schedules at
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Naples - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £95–160
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
Ferry from Port of Palermo to Naples Beverello
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £27–60
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
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