There are 10 ways to get from Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca by train, plane, bus, train (TGV), 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 Marseille Provence Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane MRS - CLJ
9h 18m$113–392Train to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane BCN - CLJ
9h 15m$109–397Train, bus via Padova
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sudtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain Ter
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Padua to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
28h 9m$158–375Train
- 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 Cluj Napocatrain Ic
31h 17m$354–634Drive 1,879.6 km
- Drive from Montpellier to Cluj-Napocacar 1,879.6 km
22h$337–487Train to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, fly
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane TLS - CLJ
10h 56m$133–430Train to Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport, fly
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Nimestrain
- Fly from Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport (FNI) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane FNI - CLJ
16h 23m$139–621Bus
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Alba Iuliabus
- Take the bus from Alba Iulia to Cluj-Napocabus
33h 36mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Avignon Centretrain Ter
- Take the bus from Avignon to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
36h 16m$170–238Bus via Orăștie
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Orăștiebus 1922
- Take the bus from Orăștie to Cluj-Napocabus
39h 40m
Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca is to train and bus which costs $170 - $240 and takes 36h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca is to train and fly which takes 9h 15m and costs $100 - $400.
No, there is no direct bus from Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca. However, there are services departing from Montpellier and arriving at Cluj-Napoca via Alba Iulia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 36m.
No, there is no direct train from Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca. However, there are services departing from Montpellier Saint-Roch and arriving at Cluj Napoca via Mulhouse Ville, Basel SBB, Sargans, Feldkirch and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 17m.
The distance between Montpellier and Cluj-Napoca is 1656 km. The road distance is 1879.6 km.
The best way to get from Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca without a car is to train and bus via Padova which takes 28h 9m and costs $150 - $380.
It takes approximately 9h 18m to get from Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca, including transfers.
Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, depart from Montpellier station.
Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Montpellier Saint-Roch station.
The best way to get from Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca is to train which takes 31h 17m and costs $350 - $650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 33h 36m.
What companies run services between Montpellier, France and Cluj-Napoca, Romania?
You can take a train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Cluj Napoca via Mulhouse Ville, Basel Sbb, Basel SBB, Sargans, Feldkirch, and Budapest-Keleti in around 31h 17m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca via Alba Iulia in around 33h 36m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–280
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–370
Flights from Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–300
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–390
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–300
Flights from Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–230
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–280
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,200
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 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–17
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Avignon Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- 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 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Avignon Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Mulhouse Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $160–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- 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
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Cluj Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–35
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Padua to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $18–120
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Montpellier to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–180
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4 0250 997
- Website
- normandiatransport.com
Bus from Alba Iulia to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- normandia.autogari.ro
Bus from Orăștie to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- normandia.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Avignon to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 2m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $150–200
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Montpellier to Orăștie
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $210–320
- Website
- Flixbus
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Booking & Getting There
Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, arrive at Alba Iulia station.
Cluj-Napoca is 1h ahead of Montpellier. It is currently 2:17 AM in Montpellier and 3:17 AM in Cluj-Napoca.
Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Mulhouse Ville station.
Yes, the driving distance between Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca is 1880 km. It takes approximately 22h to drive from Montpellier to Cluj-Napoca.
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