Cologne to Salzburg bus: 1 a day, fastest 10h35

1 a dayfastest 10h35FlixBus🇩🇪 Germany → 🇦🇹 Austria

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CologneMontabaurFrankfurtAschaffenburgFürthMunichSalzburg· 562 km as the crow flies

10:40 → 21:15
FlixBus N884
Cologne Airport CGN (Terminal 2) → Salzburg South (Hellbrunner Landesstraße) · via Montabaur, Frankfurt, Aschaffenburg, Fürth…
10h355 stops
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Local times at each stop. Times from official open data: FlixBus (file of 11 Oct 2026). Checked Sun 18 Oct 2026; they cover 18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026. Timetables change, so check with the operator before you travel. Contains FlixBus timetable data (FlixMobility, transport.data.gouv.fr), ODbL 1.0. How we build this.

Bus, train or plane

Fastest door to door: the plane (4h15). The bus takes 7h32 longer.

Bus · fastest direct11h47

To Cologne Airport CGN (Terminal 2)39 min
At the stop before departure15 min
FlixBus N88410h35
From Salzburg South (Hellbrunner Landesstraße)18 min

Train · fastest direct7h23

To Köln Messe/Deutz Bf12 min
Before departure10 min
ICE 1197h01

Plane · nonstop CGN to SZG4h15

To Cologne Bonn (CGN)45 min
Check-in & security1h30
Flight CGN to SZG1h25
Landing to exit20 min
From SZG15 min

City centre to city centre. Getting to stops, stations and airports: typical public-transport times (estimates). Bus: be at the stop 15 min before. Plane: check-in and security 1h30 before, then getting out after landing; flight time typical for the distance. Train: pickthetrain's door-to-door time.

Train instead?

1.2 a daydirect trains, fastest 7h01

Deutsche Bahn, SNCB. No change of train, from the operators' official timetables.

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Flying instead?

1 airline fly Cologne to Salzburg nonstop. Book on the airline's own site:

EurowingsCGN→SZG · DUS→SZGBook direct ↗

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Quick answers

Is there a direct bus from Cologne to Salzburg?

Yes. 1 a day on average, with FlixBus, no change of bus (18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026).

How long is the bus from Cologne to Salzburg?

The fastest takes 10h35; the slowest 10h35, for 562 km as the crow flies.

Is there a night bus from Cologne to Salzburg?

Not an overnight one: every bus here travels by day or evening.

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