There are 9 ways to get from Cologne to Żary by bus, car, train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, drive
best- Take the bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Forstbus Mykolayiv
- Drive from Forst to Żarycar
7h 51mTrain #2
cheapest- 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 Zarytrain R
12h 43mzł 383–631Train 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 Zarytrain R
10h 29mzł 633–1,342Drive 720.5 km
- Drive from Cologne to Żarycar 720.5 km
6h 1mzł 462–667Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane CGN - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Klotzsche to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Zarytrain
10h 4mzł 719–2,086Train
- 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 Zarytrain R
11h 25mzł 651–1,354Train to Frankfurt, fly to Dresden Airport, train
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane FRA - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Klotzsche to Zgorzelec Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Zgorzelec to Zarytrain
7h 19mzł 740–1,814Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane CGN - BER
- Take the train from S+U Lichtenberg Bhf to Rzepintrain
- Take the train from Rzepin to Zielona Gora Glownatrain
- Take the train from Zielona Gora Glowna to Zarytrain
8h 8mzł 457–1,457Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane DUS - BER
- Take the train from S+U Lichtenberg Bhf to Rzepintrain
- Take the train from Rzepin to Zielona Gora Glownatrain
- Take the train from Zielona Gora Glowna to Zarytrain
8h 57mzł 539–1,667
Cologne to Żary by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Żary is to train which costs 380 zł - 650 zł and takes 12h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Żary is to drive which takes 6h 1m and costs 460 zł - 700 zł.
No, there is no direct train from Cologne to Żary. However, there are services departing from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf and arriving at Zary via Frankfurt, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt and Zgorzelec. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 29m.
The distance between Cologne and Żary is 868 km. The road distance is 720.5 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Żary without a car is to train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 10h 29m and costs 600 zł - 1 400 zł.
It takes approximately 7h 51m to get from Cologne to Żary, including transfers.
Cologne to Żary train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf station.
Cologne to Żary train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Frankfurt station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Żary is 721 km. It takes approximately 6h 1m to drive from Cologne to Żary.
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What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Żary, Lubuskie, Poland?
You can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Zary via Frankfurt, Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt, Zgorzelec Bahnhof, and Zgorzelec in around 10h 29m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- zł 500–2,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 240–1,700
Flights from Frankfurt to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 500–1,300
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 220–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 380–1,400
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 240–1,500
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- zł 700–1,800
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 320–900
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- zł 310–1,000
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Dresden Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- zł 750–5,500
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Dresden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 240–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- zł 210–1,300
- 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 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)
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 S+U Lichtenberg Bhf to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 75–170
- 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 S+U Lichtenberg Bhf to Rzepin
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 75–170
- 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 Klotzsche to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–210
- 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
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Klotzsche to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 160–210
- 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 Klotzsche to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 90–150
- 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
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Klotzsche to Zgorzelec Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 90–150
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Zgorzelec to Zary
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 17–24
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Zgorzelec to Zary
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 17–24
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Zgorzelec to Zary
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 17–24
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Zgorzelec to Zary
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 17–24
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Zgorzelec to Zary
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 17–24
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Rzepin to Zielona Gora Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 17–24
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Zielona Gora Glowna to Zary
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 15–21
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Rzepin to Zielona Gora Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 17–24
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Zielona Gora Glowna to Zary
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- zł 15–21
- Website
- Polregio
- 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
- 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)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Rzepin to Zielona Gora Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 30–65
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Rzepin to Zielona Gora Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- zł 30–65
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Rzepin to Zielona Gora Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 45–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Rzepin to Zielona Gora Glowna
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- zł 45–200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- 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
- 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
- +38 (050) 010-01-04
- [email protected]
- Website
- OrionBus
Bus from Köln-Ehrenfeld Gleis to Forst
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- OrionBus
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