There are 11 ways to get from Paris to Cologne by train, bus, rideshare, car or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Train • 4 h 18 min
$132 - $184
Cheapest option
Rideshare • 5 h 47 min
$40
9 alternative options
Bus, train • 7 h 20 min
$67 - $101
Bus Ouibus • 8 h 12 min
$51 - $77
Bus Eurolines FR • 8 h 15 min
$50 - $110
Drive • 4 h 35 min
$65 - $95
Fly to Dusseldorf, train • 4 h 41 min
$56 - $228
Fly to Cologne/Bonn Apt • 6 h 14 min
$98 - $351
Fly to Frankfurt, train • 5 h 9 min
$102 - $352
Fly to Brussels, train • 5 h 31 min
$131 - $383
Fly to Luxembourg, train • 7 h 34 min
$86 - $329
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paris to Cologne is to rideshare which costs 34€ and takes 5 h 47 min.
The quickest way to get from Paris to Cologne is to train which costs 110€ - 160€ and takes 4 h 18 min.
The distance between Paris and Cologne is 402 km. The road distance is 483.6 km.
It takes approximately 4 h 18 min to get from Paris to Cologne, including transfers.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Paris Gallieni and arriving at Köln. Services depart three times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 8 h 15 min.
No, there is no direct train from Paris to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Paris Nord and arriving at Köln Hauptbahnhof via Brussels Midi-Zuid. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 4 h 18 min.
What companies run services between Paris, France and Cologne, Germany?
You can take a train from Paris to Cologne via Bruxelles Midi and Brussels Midi-Zuid in around 4 h 18 min. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Paris to Cologne via Aachen in around 8 h 12 min.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Paris CDG to Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 10 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50 - $290
Flights from Paris CDG to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $650
Flights from Paris CDG to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 6 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $650
Flights from Paris CDG to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 13 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $550
Flights from Paris CDG to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $550
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris CDG to Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 14 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85 - $450
Flights from Paris CDG to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $470
Flights from Paris CDG to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $440
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Paris CDG to Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 8 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $290
Flights from Paris CDG to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 10 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75 - $320
Flights from Paris CDG to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Dusseldorf, Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 15 min
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75 - $320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Paris CDG to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 53 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Paris CDG to Dusseldorf via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $600
Flights from Paris CDG to Frankfurt via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Paris CDG to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 52 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75 - $420
Flights from Paris CDG to Frankfurt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 20 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $1,100
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Paris CDG to Frankfurt via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $550
Flights from Paris CDG to Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300 - $950
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Paris CDG to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $440
- Website
- thalys.com
Train from Paris Nord to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 28 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85 - $120
- Website
- thalys.com
- 2nd Class
- $85 - $120
- 1st Class
- $120 - $170
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Brussels Midi-Zuid to Köln Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45 - $70
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Köln-Ehrenfeld
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21 - $30
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16 - $24
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40 - $60
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brusel Nord to Köln Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45 - $70
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Koblenz Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25 - $40
- Website
- bahn.de
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Duesseldorf Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Koblenz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Koblenz Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 2 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4
- Website
- cfl.lu
- Website
- flixtrain.com
Train from Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf central station to Cologne, Cologne central station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- flixtrain.com
- Phone
- +49 6196 2078-501
- service@eurolines.de
- Website
- eurolines.de
Bus from Paris Gallieni to Aachen Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 15 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40 - $70
- Website
- eurolines.de
Bus from Aachen to Cologne Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 2 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35 - $55
- Website
- eurolines.de
- Phone
- 0890715298
- Website
- ouibus.com
Bus from Paris City Center - Bercy to Aachen
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 10 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16 - $23
- Website
- Ouibus
- Phone
- + 33 1 41 86 24 21
- Website
- eurolines.fr
Bus from Paris Gallieni to Köln
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 15 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $110
- Schedules at
- eurolines.fr
Rome2rio's guide to BlaBlaCar
Contact Details
- Website
- blablacar.com
Rideshare from Paris to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40
- Book at
- blablacar.co.uk
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