There are 7 ways to get from Madrid to Saint Petersburg by plane, train, bus, 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
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Pulkovo Airport (LED)plane MAD - LED
12h 23m₽8,206–27,401Train, bus via Brest
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhoftrain 13 / ...
- Take the bus from Braunschweig to Brest Bus stationbus
- Take the train from Brest C to Vitebsky Railway Terminaltrain
2d 7h₽64,126–123,638Bus via Darmstadt
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Darmstadtbus
- Take the bus from Darmstadt to Rīgabus
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
3d₽35,619–60,032Drive 3,970.2 km
- Drive from Madrid to Saint Petersburgcar 3,970.2 km
40h 4m₽61,614–88,998Train, bus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Mannheim Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Mannheim to Kaliningrad Bus stationbus 905
- Take the train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Vitebsky Railway Terminaltrain
2d 20h₽47,651–75,001Bus
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Botoşanibus
- Take the bus from Botosani to Baltibus
- Take the bus from Balti to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminalbus
3d 12h₽27,555–42,064Drive, car train
- Drive from Madrid to Lörrach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburgcartrain
- Drive from Lüneburg to Saint Petersburgcar
2d₽57,923–83,833
Madrid to Saint Petersburg by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Saint Petersburg is to fly which costs RUB 8000 - RUB 28000 and takes 12h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Saint Petersburg is to fly which takes 12h 23m and costs RUB 8000 - RUB 28000.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Saint Petersburg. However, there are services departing from Estación Sur de Autobuses and arriving at Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal via Darmstadt and Riga Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 0h.
The distance between Madrid and Saint Petersburg is 3199 km. The road distance is 3970.2 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Saint Petersburg without a car is to train and bus via Brest which takes 2 days 7h and costs RUB 60000 - RUB 130000.
It takes approximately 12h 23m to get from Madrid to Saint Petersburg, including transfers.
Madrid to Saint Petersburg bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
The best way to get from Madrid to Saint Petersburg is to fly which takes 12h 23m and costs RUB 8000 - RUB 28000. Alternatively, you can bus via Darmstadt, which costs RUB 35000 - RUB 60000 and takes 3 days 0h.
Madrid to Saint Petersburg bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Darmstadt station.
Saint Petersburg is 1h ahead of Madrid. It is currently 1:50 AM in Madrid and 2:50 AM in Saint Petersburg.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Saint Petersburg, Russia?
Turkish Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, and four other airlines fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Pulkovo Airport (LED) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal via Darmstadt and Riga Central Bus Station in around 3d.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽16,000–70,000
- Website
- royalairmaroc.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Casablanca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₽21,000–32,000
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–65,000
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–65,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Pulkovo Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–27,000
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₽9,000–17,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000–13,000
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–10,000
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–12,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽8,000–13,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽13,000–20,000
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽11,000–19,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Avignon Tgv to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–28,000
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Braunschweig, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₽8,500–38,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brest C to Vitebsky Railway Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽7,500–13,397
- Website
- https://www.rw.by/
- Website
- https://pass.rw.by/ru/
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽7,500–9,000
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽13,397
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽25,000–29,000
- Phone
- 8 (800) 775-00-00
- Website
- eng.rzd.ru
Train from Kaliningrad-Passajirsk to Vitebsky Railway Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽3,400–7,000
- Website
- https://eng.rzd.ru/
- 1nd Class (SW)
- ₽15,000–21,000
- 3rd Class (Platzcart)
- ₽3,400–4,500
- 2nd Class (Kupé)
- ₽4,800–7,000
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Lörrach Hbf to Lüneburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽9,500–12,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +375 (29) 148-41-31
- [email protected]
- Website
- vt.by
Bus from Braunschweig to Brest Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽23,370
- Schedules at
- vt.by
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Darmstadt
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽17,000–31,000
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Darmstadt to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽12,000–23,000
- Schedules at
- ecolines.net
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- [email protected]
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽5,500–12,000
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.eu
- Phone
- +371 22 474 814
- [email protected]
- Website
- vissareiss.lv
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽5,903
- Website
- https://vissareiss.lv/
- Schedules at
- https://vissareiss.lv/?highlight=0&sitepage=#Schedule
- Book at
- https://vissareiss.lv/index.php?sitepage=ticket_offer_en
- Phone
- +7 (901) 374-41-56
- [email protected]
- Website
- markatek.travel
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₽6,000
- Website
- https://markatek.travel/
- Schedules at
- https://markatek.travel/schedule/
- Phone
- +7 (4012) 64-36-35
- [email protected]
- Website
- avl39.ru
Bus from Mannheim to Kaliningrad Bus station
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Botoşani
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- ₽14,000–21,000
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- [email protected]
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Botosani to Balti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₽2,800–3,900
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
- Phone
- +373 22 542-185
- [email protected]
- Website
- autogara.md
Bus from Balti to Saint Petersburg Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₽10,000–18,000
- Schedules at
- autogara.md
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Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Saint Petersburg is 3970 km. It takes approximately 40h 4m to drive from Madrid to Saint Petersburg.
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