There are 4 ways to get from Seattle to Palermo by plane, bus, train, 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 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane SEA - PMO
16h 23m€176–499Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SEA - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
19h 15m€224–779Train to Vancouver International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Seattle to Vancouvertrain
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane YVR - PMO
21h 43m€493–783Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane SEA - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
23h 35m
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Seattle to Palermo is to fly which costs €170 - €500 and takes 16h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle to Palermo is to fly which takes 16h 23m and costs €170 - €500.
The distance between Seattle and Palermo is 9571 km.
It takes approximately 16h 23m to get from Seattle to Palermo, including transfers.
Palermo is 9h ahead of Seattle. It is currently 9:50 PM in Seattle and 6:50 AM in Palermo.
There are 6153+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Seattle, WA, USA and Palermo, Italy?
British Airways, Delta, and six other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Palermo Airport (PMO) once daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Palermo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–950
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Palermo Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–800
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–490
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €340–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–26
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
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