There are 11 ways to get from Karlsruhe to Málaga by train, plane, train (TGV, Renfe, Ouigo), bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane STR - AGP
6h 39m€84–251Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
cheapest- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane FKB - AGP
6h 27m€62–199Train via Madrid
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain Ave
18h 3m€295–664Bus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de Autobuses de Málagabus Madrid
34h€191–384Drive 2,082.8 km
- Drive from Karlsruhe to Málagacar 2,082.8 km
21h 5m€326–471Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane FRA - AGP
6h 35m€115–325Train to Strasbourg International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Fly from Strasbourg International Airport (SXB) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane SXB - AGP
6h 13m€87–309Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane BSL - AGP
7h 16m€91–348Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBBtrain
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane ZRH - AGP
8h 31m€131–449Train
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83 / ...
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Perpignantrain Tgv
- Take the train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Santstrain Tgv
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain Ave
20h 16m€338–744Bus via Barcelona
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Barcelonabus FlixBus N1720
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Malaga Eeaabus Alsa
35h 3m€191–304
Karlsruhe to Málaga by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Karlsruhe to Málaga is to fly which costs €60 - €200 and takes 6h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Karlsruhe to Málaga is to train and fly which takes 6h 13m and costs €85 - €310.
No, there is no direct bus from Karlsruhe station to Málaga. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side and arriving at Estación de Autobuses de Málaga via Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h.
No, there is no direct train from Karlsruhe to Málaga. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Malaga Maria Zambrano via Strasbourg, Lyon Part Dieu, Barcelona-Sants and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 3m.
The distance between Karlsruhe and Málaga is 1842 km. The road distance is 2082.8 km.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Málaga without a car is to train via Madrid which takes 18h 3m and costs €290 - €700.
It takes approximately 6h 39m to get from Karlsruhe to Málaga, including transfers.
Karlsruhe to Málaga bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side.
Karlsruhe to Málaga train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Málaga is to train via Madrid which takes 18h 3m and costs €290 - €700. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €190 - €390 and takes 34h, you could also fly, which costs €60 - €200 and takes 6h 27m.
What companies run services between Karlsruhe, Germany and Málaga, Spain?
You can take a train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Malaga Maria Zambrano via Strasbourg Bahnhof, Strasbourg, Lyon Part Dieu, Barcelona-Sants, and Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes in around 18h 3m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga via Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses in around 34h.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Málaga Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Málaga Airport via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Saturday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Basel to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Saturday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Basel to Málaga Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Málaga Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Friday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Málaga Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
Flights from Strasbourg International Airport to Málaga Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–220
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–17
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–26
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Schedules at
- Arverio Baden-Württemberg GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–26
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €200–320
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- DB Regio Stuttgart
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Schedules at
- DB Regio Stuttgart
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €170–300
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €110–230
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Karlsruhe - Central Station South Side to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–300
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–90
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- ALSA
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Malaga Eeaa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- ALSA
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More Questions & Answers
Karlsruhe to Málaga bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
Karlsruhe to Málaga train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Strasbourg Bahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Karlsruhe to Málaga is 2083 km. It takes approximately 21h 5m to drive from Karlsruhe to Málaga.
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