There are 8 ways to get from Cologne to Tehrān by plane, bus, car, train, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Tehran International Airport, bus
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Tehran International Airport (IKA)plane CGN - IKA
- Take the bus from Tehran Imam Khomeini to Azadi Squarebus
11h 19m$174–559Drive 4,828.1 km
- Drive from Cologne to Tehrāncar 4,828.1 km
2d 2h$1,000–1,444Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Tehran International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tehran International Airport (IKA)plane DUS - IKA
- Take the bus from Tehran Imam Khomeini to Azadi Squarebus
12h 17m$194–575Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tehran International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tehran International Airport (IKA)plane FRA - IKA
- Take the bus from Tehran Imam Khomeini to Azadi Squarebus
9h 44m$183–551Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Tehran International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nordtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Tehran International Airport (IKA)plane BRU - IKA
- Take the bus from Tehran Imam Khomeini to Azadi Squarebus
14h 33m$214–632Train, bus to Luxembourg, fly to Tehran International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Köln Süd Bf to Trier, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsbackbus
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Tehran International Airport (IKA)plane LUX - IKA
- Take the bus from Tehran Imam Khomeini to Azadi Squarebus
17h 40m$223–681Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Mehrabad International Airport
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Mehrabad International Airport (THR)plane CGN - THR
15h 15m$233–808Drive, car train
- Drive from Cologne to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Tehrāncar
2d 6h$860–1,302
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Tehran International Airport (IKA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Tehrān is to fly and bus which costs $170 - $600 and takes 11h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Tehrān is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 44m and costs $180 - $550.
The distance between Cologne and Tehrān is 3973 km. The road distance is 4828.1 km.
It takes approximately 11h 19m to get from Cologne to Tehrān, including transfers.
Tehrān is 2h 30m ahead of Cologne. It is currently 7:57 AM in Cologne and 10:27 AM in Tehrān.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Tehrān is 4828 km. It takes approximately 2 days 2h to drive from Cologne to Tehrān.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Tehrān, Iran?
Turkish Airlines, Iran Airtour Airline, and two other airlines fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Mehrabad International Airport (THR) 6 times a week.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tehran International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tehran International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Tehran International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Tehran International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–650
Flights from Luxembourg to Tehran International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tehran International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tehran International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Tehran International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–490
Flights from Brussels Airport to Tehran International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Luxembourg to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
- Website
- iaa.ir
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Brussels Airport to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Luxembourg to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mehrabad International Airport via Istanbul, Shiraz
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–900
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tehran International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–800
Flights from Frankfurt to Tehran International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Tehran International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–750
Flights from Luxembourg to Tehran International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- sahaair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Tehran International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Brussels Airport to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- iranairtour.ir
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mehrabad International Airport via Istanbul, Tabriz
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mehrabad International Airport via Istanbul, Mashhad
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tehran International Airport via Baghdad
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
- Website
- ebooking.iranair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Tehran International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- yazdairways.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Mehrabad International Airport via Istanbul, Esfahan
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $240–850
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–20
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Köln Hbf to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Köln Süd Bf to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- [email protected]
- Website
- Mobiliteit
Bus from Trier, Hauptbahnhof to Kirchberg, Hugo Gernsback
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Mobiliteit
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