There are 5 ways to get from Montreal to Essen by plane or 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 to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane YUL - DUS
12h 24m€380–782Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane YUL - CGN
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
13h 42m€290–919Fly to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane YUL - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbftrain
12h 1m€384–721Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane YUL - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
12h 12m€412–847Fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane YUL - BRU
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbftrain
13h 13m€365–896
Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Montreal to Essen is to fly which costs €380 - €800 and takes 12h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Montreal to Essen is to fly and train which takes 12h 1m and costs €380 - €750.
The distance between Montreal and Essen is 5732 km.
It takes approximately 12h 24m to get from Montreal to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 5h ahead of Montreal. It is currently 8:51 AM in Montreal and 1:51 PM in Essen.
There are 2784+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Montreal, QC, Canada and Essen, Germany?
Air Canada, Eurowings, and four other airlines fly from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) every 4 hours.
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–900
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €210–850
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt via Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–950
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €350–650
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–1,000
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €410–600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €310–950
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–850
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–700
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Schiphol Airport Train Station to Arnhem Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 6078 966930
- [email protected]
- Website
- VIAS Rail GmbH
Train from Arnhem Centraal to Oberhausen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €31
- Schedules at
- VIAS Rail GmbH
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Eurostar
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