There are 9 ways to get from Warsaw to Cologne by plane, train, 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.
Recommended option
Fly Warsaw to Dusseldorf • 5 h 12 min
$40 - $162
8 alternative options
Fly Warsaw to Cologne/Bonn Apt • 6 h 7 min
$92 - $263
Fly Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki to Cologne/Bonn Apt • 4 h 52 min
$41 - $167
Fly Warsaw to Frankfurt, train • 5 h 31 min
$101 - $250
Train Polish Railways (PKP) • 11 h 17 min
$143 - $221
Train Russian Railways • 16 h 16 min
$164 - $214
Bus • 20 h 6 min
$76 - $111
Bus, train • 22 h 12 min
$78 - $102
Drive • 9 h 52 min
$140 - $210
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Warsaw to Cologne is to fly which costs 150 zł - 650 zł and takes 4 h 52 min.
The quickest way to get from Warsaw to Cologne is to fly which costs 150 zł - 650 zł and takes 4 h 52 min.
The distance between Warsaw and Cologne is 981 km. The road distance is 1108.3 km.
It takes approximately 5 h 12 min to get from Warsaw to Cologne, including transfers.
No, there is no direct bus from Warsaw to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Centrum 06 and arriving at Cologne Hbf via Warsaw. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20 h 6 min.
No, there is no direct train from Warsaw to Cologne. However, there are services departing from Warszawa Centralna and arriving at Köln Hbf via Berlin Hbf (tief). The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11 h 17 min.
- Distance: 612.9 miles
- Duration: 5 h 12 min
What companies run services between Warsaw, Poland and Cologne, Germany?
LOT, Lufthansa and five other airlines fly from Warsaw to Cologne hourly. Alternatively, you can take a train from Warsaw to Cologne via Berlin Hbf and Berlin Hbf (tief) in around 11 h 17 min.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Warsaw to Dusseldorf via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 47 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $370
Flights from Warsaw to Dusseldorf via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 56 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $390
Flights from Warsaw to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $470
Flights from Warsaw to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 41 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $470
Flights from Warsaw to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $340
Flights from Warsaw to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 46 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $340
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Warsaw to Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65 - $310
Flights from Warsaw to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $340
Flights from Warsaw to Frankfurt via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 37 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $340
Flights from Warsaw to Frankfurt via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $340
Flights from Warsaw to Frankfurt via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Warsaw to Dusseldorf via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $390
Flights from Warsaw to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 2 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Warsaw to Dusseldorf via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 20 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $500
Flights from Warsaw to Cologne/Bonn Apt via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $430
- Website
- csa.cz
Flights from Warsaw to Dusseldorf via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 35 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $430
Flights from Warsaw to Frankfurt via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 25 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $550
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Warsaw to Dusseldorf via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 55 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $470
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nowy Dwor Mazowiecki to Cologne/Bonn Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 50 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30 - $260
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35 - $55
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Berlin Hbf (tief) to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 18 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $100 - $160
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Gl.11-12
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 5 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40 - $60
- Website
- bahn.de
- Phone
- 703 200 200
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Warszawa Centralna to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 23 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $65
- Website
- Intercity.pl
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
- Website
- rzd.ru
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Frankfurt(Main)Süd
- Ave. Duration
- 13 h 12 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $120 - $150
- Website
- pass.rzd.ru
- Phone
- +49 6196 2078-501
- service@eurolines.de
- Website
- eurolines.de
Bus from Warsaw to Cologne Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18 h 56 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75 - $110
- Website
- eurolines.de
- estgdansk@wp.pl
- Website
- estgdansk.pl
Bus from Warszawa to Bochum
- Ave. Duration
- 19 h 15 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50 - $70
- Schedules at
- estgdansk.pl
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