There are 11 ways to get from Rijeka to Bucharest by plane, bus, train, car, shuttle, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Rijeka Airport
best- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane RJK - OTP
8h 34m$121–300Bus
- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus N986 / ...
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Bucharestbus
16h 18mBus, train via Budapest
- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Siófokbus
- Take the train from Siofok to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
22h 13m$261–471Drive 1,140.5 km
- Drive from Rijeka to Bucharestcar 1,140.5 km
12h 49m$186–269Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ZAG - OTP
9h 54m$306–790Shuttle to Treviso Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka to Treviso, Aeroporto
- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane TSF - OTP
8h 54m$158–1,042Bus to Pula Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane PUY - OTP
8h 22m$166–346Bus, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LJU - OTP
9h 57m$378–936Bus, train
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Udinetrain Re
- Take the bus from Gonars to Bucureştibus
26h 34m$251–475Train
- Take the train from Rijeka to Ljubljanatrain 480
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
28h 31m$361–741Night train, train
- Take the night train from Rijeka to Wien Meidlingnighttrain En
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
29h 26m$394–719
Rijeka to Bucharest by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rijeka to Bucharest is to fly which costs $120 - $300 and takes 8h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Rijeka to Bucharest is to bus and fly which takes 8h 22m and costs $160 - $350.
No, there is no direct bus from Rijeka station to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Rijeka bus station and arriving at Bucharest via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 18m.
No, there is no direct train from Rijeka to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Rijeka and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Ljubljana, Villach Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 31m.
The distance between Rijeka and Bucharest is 955 km. The road distance is 1140.5 km.
The best way to get from Rijeka to Bucharest without a car is to bus which takes 16h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 34m to get from Rijeka to Bucharest, including transfers.
Rijeka to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rijeka bus station.
Rijeka to Bucharest train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), depart from Rijeka station.
The best way to get from Rijeka to Bucharest is to fly which takes 8h 34m and costs $120 - $300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 16h 18m, you could also train, which costs $360 - $750 and takes 28h 31m.
What companies run services between Rijeka, Croatia and Bucharest, Romania?
Croatia Airlines, Lufthansa City, and three other airlines fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rijeka bus station to Bucharest via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar in around 16h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Ljubljana to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–480
Flights from Ljubljana to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–500
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–300
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–190
Flights from Pula Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–260
Flights from Ljubljana to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–340
Flights from Pula Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–150
Flights from Treviso Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Pula Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from Ljubljana to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Treviso Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–230
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–250
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bucharest Otopeni via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–700
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Siofok to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Siofok to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Rijeka to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $200–370
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Trieste Centrale to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Rijeka to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–480
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Night train from Rijeka to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–240
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–480
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Trieste Centrale to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $20–30
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $60–95
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Siófok
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Rijeka to Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240–650
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Rijeka to Treviso, Aeroporto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $111–800
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $111
- Private
- $258
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $100–270
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $170–430
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- $236
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $100–270
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $54
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Gonars to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
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More Questions & Answers
Rijeka to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Rijeka. It is currently 10:03 AM in Rijeka and 11:03 AM in Bucharest.
Rijeka to Bucharest train services, operated by HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP), arrive at Ljubljana station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rijeka to Bucharest is 1141 km. It takes approximately 12h 49m to drive from Rijeka to Bucharest.
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