There are 10 ways to get from Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca by plane, train, bus, night train, car, 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 from Dortmund Airport
best- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane DTM - CLJ
5h 11m$50–360Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Dortmund Stadthaus to Köln Hbfbus
- Take the bus from Köln to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
24h 8m$25–177Train, bus via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain Re
- Take the train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbftrain 25
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
22h 28mTrain
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Cluj Napocatrain Ic
26h 38m$207–382Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Cluj Napocatrain Ic
26h 38m$135–270Train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane DUS - CLJ
7h 16m$105–351Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafentrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane CGN - CLJ
8h 23m$119–407Train, bus
- Take the train from Dortmund Hbf to Bonn Hbftrain 55 / ...
- Take the bus from Bonn to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
25h 3m$46–212Drive 1,535.7 km
- Drive from Dortmund to Cluj-Napocacar 1,535.7 km
16h 2m$253–366Drive, car train
- Drive from Dortmund to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Cluj-Napocacar
19h$312–451
Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca is to bus which costs $24 - $180 and takes 24h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca is to fly which takes 5h 11m and costs $50 - $360.
No, there is no direct bus from Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca. However, there are services departing from Dortmund Stadthaus and arriving at Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest via Köln. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 8m.
No, there is no direct train from Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca. However, there are services departing from Dortmund Hbf and arriving at Cluj Napoca via Wien Hbf and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 38m.
The distance between Dortmund and Cluj-Napoca is 1300 km. The road distance is 1535.7 km.
The best way to get from Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca without a car is to train and bus via Nuremberg which takes 22h 28m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 11m to get from Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca, including transfers.
Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca bus services, operated by SARVALTEH AUTO, depart from Dortmund Stadthaus station.
Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), depart from Dortmund Hbf station.
The best way to get from Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca is to fly which takes 5h 11m and costs $50 - $360. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $200 - $390 and takes 26h 38m, you could also bus, which costs $24 - $180 and takes 24h 8m.
What companies run services between Dortmund, Germany and Cluj-Napoca, Romania?
Ulendo Airlink flies from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a train from Dortmund Hbf to Cluj Napoca via Wien Hbf and Budapest-Keleti in around 26h 38m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- When
- Monday, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–480
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–470
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–330
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $60–310
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–430
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $90–290
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–120
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Koeln/Bonn Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Bonn Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–280
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- *
- $40–65
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- *
- $40–65
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Cluj Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–35
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Cluj Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–35
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Dortmund Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–160
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- $120–160
- Couchette Carriage
- $95–120
- Seating Carriage
- $65–80
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- [email protected]
- Website
- Eurobahn
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- Eurobahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Dortmund Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- [email protected]
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Nuremberg to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Köln to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- [email protected]
- Website
- SVS
Bus from Dortmund Stadthaus to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–7
- Website
- SVS
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Köln to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $21–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bonn to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $20–160
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
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Booking & Getting There
Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca bus services, operated by SARVALTEH AUTO, arrive at Köln Hbf station.
Cluj-Napoca is 1h ahead of Dortmund. It is currently 2:37 AM in Dortmund and 3:37 AM in Cluj-Napoca.
Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca train services, operated by Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca is 1536 km. It takes approximately 16h 2m to drive from Dortmund to Cluj-Napoca.
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