There are 9 ways to get from Montpellier to Arad by plane, train, train (TGV), 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.
Fly Fréjorgues Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
best- Fly from Fréjorgues Airport (MPL) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MPL - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Aradtrain
11h 14m$183–454Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane MRS - TSR
- Take the bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdarabus
11h 25m$138–362Train
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Mulhouse Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Sarganstrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the train from Feldkirch to Budapest-Keletitrain Rjx
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Aradtrain Ic
25h 18m$336–575Bus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Aradbus 1922
27h 45m$140–270Drive 1,678.3 km
- Drive from Montpellier to Aradcar 1,678.3 km
19h 26m$301–435Fly Fréjorgues Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, bus
- Fly from Fréjorgues Airport (MPL) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane MPL - BEG
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to Aradbus
12h 39m$195–418Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane MRS - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Aradtrain
10h 26m$158–385Train to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, fly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane TLS - TSR
- Take the bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdarabus
12h 42m$175–459Train, train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Marseille St Charlestrain
- Take the train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Saint-Augustintrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NCE - BUD
- Take the train from Ferihegy to Szolnoktrain
- Take the train from Szolnok to Aradtrain
13h 31m$193–463
Montpellier to Arad by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Montpellier to Arad is to bus which costs $140 - $270 and takes 27h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Montpellier to Arad is to train and fly which takes 10h 26m and costs $150 - $390.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Montpellier and arriving at Arad. Services depart four times a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 27h 45m.
No, there is no direct train from Montpellier to Arad. However, there are services departing from Montpellier Saint-Roch and arriving at Arad via Mulhouse Ville, Basel SBB, Sargans, Feldkirch and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 18m.
The distance between Montpellier and Arad is 1516 km. The road distance is 1678.3 km.
The best way to get from Montpellier to Arad without a car is to train which takes 25h 18m and costs $330 - $600.
It takes approximately 11h 14m to get from Montpellier to Arad, including transfers.
Montpellier to Arad bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Montpellier station.
Montpellier to Arad train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Montpellier Saint-Roch station.
The best way to get from Montpellier to Arad is to train which takes 25h 18m and costs $330 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $140 - $270 and takes 27h 45m.
What companies run services between Montpellier, France and Arad, Romania?
You can take a train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Arad via Mulhouse Ville, Basel Sbb, Basel SBB, Sargans, Feldkirch, and Budapest-Keleti in around 25h 18m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Montpellier to Arad 4 times a week. Tickets cost $180–270 and the journey takes 27h 45m. Tabita Tour also services this route 3 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–350
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–430
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–450
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–260
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–330
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–750
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–350
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–280
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Ferihegy to Szolnok
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Szolnok to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $150–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Saint-Augustin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Montpellier to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–270
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Belgrade bus station to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Montpellier to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–180
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0745-267.686
- Website
- vertrantis.autogari.ro
Bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- vertrantis.autogari.ro
Bus from Timişoara to Arad, Autogara Transdara
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- vertrantis.autogari.ro
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Booking & Getting There
Montpellier to Arad bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Arad station.
Arad is 1h ahead of Montpellier. It is currently 8:29 PM in Montpellier and 9:29 PM in Arad.
Montpellier to Arad train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Mulhouse Ville station.
Yes, the driving distance between Montpellier to Arad is 1678 km. It takes approximately 19h 26m to drive from Montpellier to Arad.
Book your Montpellier to Arad bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
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