Salzburg to Cologne bus: 1 a day, fastest 10h40

1 a dayfastest 10h40☾ 1 overnight busFlixBus🇦🇹 Austria → 🇩🇪 Germany

Direct buses · no change

SalzburgMunichFürthAschaffenburgFrankfurtMontabaurCologne· 562 km as the crow flies

23:20 → 10:00⁺¹
FlixBus N884 ☾ Overnight
Salzburg South (Hellbrunner Landesstraße) → Cologne Airport CGN (Terminal 2) · via Munich, Fürth, Aschaffenburg, Frankfurt…
10h405 stops
Runs: DailyThe night the clocks change (Sat 24 Oct: 23:20 → 09:00+1)Book on FlixBus ↗

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

☾ Overnight: leave 23:20, arrive 10:00

The plane is 7h37 quicker door to door, but the night bus spends your night on the road instead of a day.

Bus · fastest direct11h52

To Salzburg South (Hellbrunner Landesstraße)18 min
At the stop before departure15 min
FlixBus N88410h40
From Cologne Airport CGN (Terminal 2)39 min

Train · fastest direct7h16

Before departure10 min
ICE 1186h54
From Köln Messe/Deutz Bf12 min

Plane · nonstop SZG to CGN4h15

To Salzburg (SZG)15 min
Check-in & security1h30
Flight SZG to CGN1h25
Landing to exit20 min
From CGN45 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 6h54

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

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Flying instead?

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

EurowingsSZG→CGN · SZG→DUSBook direct ↗

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Quick answers

Is there a direct bus from Salzburg to Cologne?

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

How long is the bus from Salzburg to Cologne?

The fastest takes 10h40; the slowest 10h40, for 562 km as the crow flies.

Is there a night bus from Salzburg to Cologne?

Yes: 1 overnight departure in the timetable, for example 23:20 arriving 10:00 the next morning.

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