There are 7 ways to get from Cluj-Napoca to Zadar by plane, bus, train, 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.
Fly to Zadar Airport
best- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane CLJ - ZAD
8h 7m€53–294Bus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Huedinbus
- Take the bus from Huedin to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zagrebbus 976 / ...
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus stationbus 952 / ...
15h 7mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Cluj Napoca to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Deli to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ic
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus stationbus 952 / ...
21h 52m€64–114Drive 1,028.4 km
- Drive from Cluj-Napoca to Zadarcar 1,028.4 km
11h 28m€150–217Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane CLJ - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus stationbus
11h 54m€91–391Fly to Split Airport, bus
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Split Airport (SPU)plane CLJ - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus stationbus
11h 22m€130–336Fly to Rijeka Airport, bus
- Fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane CLJ - RJK
- Take the bus from Kraljevica to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
14h 42m€167–416
Cluj-Napoca to Zadar by train, subway, foot, tram, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Zadar is to train and bus which costs €60 - €120 and takes 21h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Zadar is to fly which takes 8h 7m and costs €50 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Cluj-Napoca to Zadar station. However, there are services departing from Cluj-Napoca and arriving at Zadar bus station via Huedin, Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and Zagreb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 7m.
The distance between Cluj-Napoca and Zadar is 732 km. The road distance is 1028.4 km.
The best way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Zadar without a car is to bus which takes 15h 7m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 7m to get from Cluj-Napoca to Zadar, including transfers.
Cluj-Napoca to Zadar bus services, operated by Olteanu Travel, depart from Cluj-Napoca station.
The best way to get from Cluj-Napoca to Zadar is to fly which takes 8h 7m and costs €50 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 15h 7m.
Cluj-Napoca to Zadar bus services, operated by Olteanu Travel, arrive at Huedin station.
Zadar is 1h behind Cluj-Napoca. It is currently 10:27 PM in Cluj-Napoca and 9:27 PM in Zadar.
What companies run services between Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Zadar, Croatia?
Lufthansa, Ulendo Airlink, and two other airlines fly from Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cluj-Napoca to Zadar bus station via Huedin, Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar, and Zagreb in around 15h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zadar Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–480
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–420
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–470
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–650
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zadar Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zadar Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–300
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–270
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Split Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Cluj-Napoca to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–490
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Cluj Napoca to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €43–47
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Deli to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–19
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +40743919764
- Website
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Huedin
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Huedin to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–180
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–21
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–11
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–11
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–11
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–45
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–45
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–45
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
- Phone
- +385 800 88 85
- [email protected]
- Website
- velebit-tours.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Schedules at
- velebit.traveling.com
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Schedules at
- velebit.traveling.com
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Schedules at
- velebit.traveling.com
- Phone
- +385 (23) 315 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- puntamika-line.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Schedules at
- puntamika-line.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Schedules at
- puntamika-line.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Schedules at
- puntamika-line.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 454 1121
- [email protected]
- Website
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–22
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–22
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–22
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +385 35 415 165
- [email protected]
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- +385 1 3335 170
- [email protected]
- Website
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 255 0999
- [email protected]
- Website
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Schedules at
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 616 0990
- [email protected]
- Website
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
- Phone
- +385 21 612 005
- [email protected]
- Website
- Promet Makarska
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- Promet Makarska
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
Bus from Kraljevica to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
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