There are 7 ways to get from Cork to North Macedonia by plane, car, car ferry, bus, shuttle, or 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 Cork Airport to Skopje International Airport
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane ORK - SKP
19h 40m$137–396Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DUB - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kumanovobus
15h 57m$101–324Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Skopjecar
47h 2m$1,008–1,604Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Passaubus
- Take the bus from Passau to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
3d 14h$154–375Fly Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ORK - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Stationbus
23h 13m$133–349Fly Cork Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORK - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kumanovobus
15h 41m$111–343Fly Cork Airport to Podgorica Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Podgorica Airport (TGD)plane ORK - TGD
- Take a shuttle bus from Podgorica Airport to Ulcinj, Autobuska Stanica Ulcinj
- Take the bus from Ulcinj, Autobuska Stanica Ulcinj to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
16h 8m$258–447
Cork Airport (ORK) to Skopje International Airport (SKP) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cork to North Macedonia is to train and fly and bus which costs $100 - $330 and takes 15h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to North Macedonia is to fly and bus which takes 15h 41m and costs $110 - $350.
No, there is no direct bus from Cork to North Macedonia. However, there are services departing from Cork Alfred St and arriving at Skopje, Transporten Centar via Aston Quay, Dublin, Rădăuți and Passau. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 14h.
The distance between Cork and North Macedonia is 2538 km.
The best way to get from Cork to North Macedonia without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 14h and costs $150 - $380.
It takes approximately 19h 40m to get from Cork to North Macedonia, including transfers.
Cork to North Macedonia bus services, operated by Citylink, depart from Cork Alfred St station.
The best way to get from Cork to North Macedonia is to fly which takes 19h 40m and costs $130 - $400. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $150 - $380 and takes 3 days 14h.
Cork to North Macedonia bus services, operated by Citylink, arrive at Bachelors Walk station.
North Macedonia is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 1:28 AM in Cork and 2:28 AM in North Macedonia.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and North Macedonia?
Edelweiss Air, Comlux, and three other airlines fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Skopje International Airport (SKP) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cork Alfred St to Skopje, Transporten Centar via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Rd Stn, Dublin, Rădăuți, Passau, and Passau in around 3d 14h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 26m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–470
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–480
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–470
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–290
Flights from Cork Airport to Podgorica Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–340
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Skopje International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–550
Flights from Cork Airport to Skopje International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–320
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
Flights from Cork Airport to Podgorica Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–470
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Podgorica Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 2m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $85–320
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–400
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–480
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- $25–40
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- [email protected]
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–230
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Passau
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $18–23
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- Nasir Tours
Bus from Passau to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $67
- Website
- Nasir Tours
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- [email protected]
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +382 69 737 787
- [email protected]
- Website
- gomontenegro.me
Shuttle from Podgorica Airport to Ulcinj, Autobuska Stanica Ulcinj
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Schedules at
- gomontenegro.me
- Phone
- +389 2 2566668
- [email protected]
- Website
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Ulcinj, Autobuska Stanica Ulcinj to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $51
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $490–850
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $504
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