There are 13 ways to get from Cologne to Wrocław by plane, train, bus, car, or rideshare
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane CGN - WRO
5h 53mzł 350–1,341Rideshare
cheapest- Take the rideshare from Cologne to Wroclaw827.5 km
9h 47mzł 174Train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
11h 7mzł 691–1,598Bus via Bensberg bus station
- Take the bus from Bensberg bus station to Wroclaw, Bus Stationbus N20
14h 10mzł 310–470Drive 827 km
- Drive from Cologne to Wrocławcar 827 km
7h 17mzł 530–765Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane DUS - WRO
6h 42mzł 502–1,201Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane FRA - WRO
4h 58mzł 501–1,369Train to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane DTM - WRO
5h 39mTrain, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane AMS - WRO
7h 20mzł 523–1,657Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane EIN - WRO
7h 37mzł 378–1,743Train
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 55
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
12h 3mzł 709–1,610Train #2
- Take the train from Cologne Central Station to Dresden-Neustadttrain
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain Re1
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glownytrain Os
13h 21mzł 441–887Bus
- Take the bus from Köln to Wrocławbus Ivano-Frankivsk
24h 11mzł 750–850
Cologne to Wrocław by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Wrocław is to rideshare which costs 174 zł and takes 9h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Wrocław is to train and fly which takes 4h 58m and costs 500 zł - 1 400 zł.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Köln and arriving at Wrocław. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 24h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Wrocław. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Wroclaw Glowny via Frankfurt, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt and Zgorzelec. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 7m.
The distance between Cologne and Wrocław is 711 km. The road distance is 827 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Wrocław without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 11h 7m and costs 650 zł - 1 600 zł.
It takes approximately 5h 53m to get from Cologne to Wrocław, including transfers.
Cologne to Wrocław bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bensberg bus station.
Cologne to Wrocław train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
The best way to get from Cologne to Wrocław is to fly which takes 5h 53m and costs 350 zł - 1 400 zł. Alternatively, you can train via Frankfurt am Main, which costs 650 zł - 1 600 zł and takes 11h 7m, you could also bus via Bensberg bus station, which costs 310 zł - 470 zł and takes 14h 10m.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Wrocław, Poland?
Lufthansa and Ryanair fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Wroclaw (WRO) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Wroclaw Glowny via Frankfurt, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Zgorzelec Bahnhof, and Zgorzelec in around 11h 7m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 450–1,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Wroclaw via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 450–1,600
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 460–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 420–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 420–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- zł 550–1,300
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Wroclaw via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,400
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 420–2,100
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 440–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Wroclaw via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 480–1,200
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Wroclaw via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 280–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 290–1,700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Wroclaw via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,200
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Wroclaw via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 320–1,200
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Wroclaw via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Wroclaw via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 410–1,600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Wroclaw via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 550–1,200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 100–1,200
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 210–1,100
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- zł 650–2,100
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 140–290
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 380–800
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 130–270
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 120–270
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 170–230
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 170–230
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 170–230
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 95–170
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 180–280
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 180–280
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 180–280
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 75–150
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 75–150
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Zgorzelec to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- zł 75–150
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- 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 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 80–160
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Köln Hbf to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 75–160
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 45–95
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- zł 24–50
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Neuss Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 50–70
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Cologne Central Station to Dresden-Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 37m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- zł 270–380
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bensberg bus station to Wroclaw, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 310–470
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Köln to Wrocław
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 750–850
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar
Rideshare from Cologne to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- zł 174
- Schedules at
- BlaBlaCar
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Cologne to Wrocław bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Wroclaw, Bus Station.
Cologne to Wrocław train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Wrocław is 827 km. It takes approximately 7h 17m to drive from Cologne to Wrocław.
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