There are 11 ways to get from Palermo to Helsinki by plane, train, bus, ferry, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane PMO - HEL
9h 39m€92–340Train, bus via Warsaw
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Udinetrain
- Take the train from Udine to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Zachodniatrain Ec
- Take the bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d 5h€489–768Train, bus
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Napoli Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Napoli to Trieste C.letrain
- Take the bus from Trieste to Tallinn, Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Stationbus
2d 13h€379–623Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Port of Palermo to Naples Beverelloferry
- Drive from Naples Beverello to Helsinkicar
2d 8h€883–1,368Bus to Trapani Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi to Trapani Birgi Airportbus
- Fly from Trapani Airport (TPS) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane TPS - HEL
11h€95–314Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Helsinki Airport
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane CTA - HEL
8h 45m€100–242Fly Palermo Airport to Turku Airport, train
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Turku Airport (TKU)plane PMO - TKU
- Take the train from Turku to Helsinkitrain
15h 18m€159–455Fly Palermo Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane PMO - TLL
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2ferry
12h 55m€112–487Train, bus via Vilnius
- Take the train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Graz Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Krakow Glownytrain Ec
- Take the train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotistrain
- Take the bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d 6h€454–708Bus
- Take the bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtinabus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhofbus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2bus
2d 13h€308–473Car ferry, bus, ferry
- Take the carferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Salernocarferry
- Take the bus from Salerno to Rivne Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Rivne Central Bus Station to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal Dbus
- Take the ferry from Tallinn to Helsinkiferry
3d 5h€221–324
Palermo to Helsinki by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Helsinki is to bus and fly which costs €90 - €320 and takes 11h.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Helsinki is to bus and fly which takes 8h 45m and costs €95 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Helsinki. However, there are services departing from Palermo Terminal Bus and arriving at Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 13h.
The distance between Palermo and Helsinki is 2652 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Helsinki without a car is to train and bus via Warsaw which takes 2 days 5h and costs €480 - €800.
It takes approximately 9h 39m to get from Palermo to Helsinki, including transfers.
Palermo to Helsinki bus services, operated by Autoservizi Salemi Srl, depart from Palermo Terminal Bus station.
The best way to get from Palermo to Helsinki is to fly which takes 9h 39m and costs €90 - €340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €300 - €480 and takes 2 days 13h.
Palermo to Helsinki bus services, operated by Autoservizi Salemi Srl, arrive at Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Helsinki is 1h ahead of Palermo. It is currently 4:59 PM in Palermo and 5:59 PM in Helsinki.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Helsinki, Finland?
Norwegian Air International, Scandinavian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Helsinki Airport (HEL) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2 via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof in around 2d 13h.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €180–500
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Trapani Airport to Helsinki Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €270–750
Flights from Trapani Airport to Helsinki Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–750
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–400
Flights from Palermo Airport to Turku Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Palermo Airport to Turku Airport via Vienna, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €260–700
Flights from Palermo Airport to Turku Airport via Krakow, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–400
Flights from Palermo Airport to Turku Airport via Naples, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €260–700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Palermo Airport to Turku Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Palermo Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
Flights from Palermo Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 27m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–460
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trapani Airport to Helsinki Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 32m
- When
- Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Helsinki Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–410
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–420
- Website
- amapola.nu
Flights from Palermo Airport to Turku Airport via Stockholm, Mariehamn
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Palermo Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–170
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Napoli to Trieste C.le
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Udine
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Udine to Wien Hbf
- *
- €75–120
Train from Venezia Mestre to Graz Hbf
- *
- €65–100
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €150–180
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Graz Hbf to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €150–180
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +358 0100 3232
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
Train from Turku to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Finnish Railways (VR)
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- [email protected]
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Kraków Główny to Vilniaus geležinkelio stotis
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Website
- LTG Link
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Warsaw, Bus Station West to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Trieste to Tallinn, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €200–310
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Tallinn, Bus Station to Helsinki, Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–12
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Vilnius, Autobusų Stotis (Sodų g. 22) to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–200
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Helsinki, Harbour Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
Bus from Palermo Via Belgio/Via dei Nebrodi to Trapani Birgi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- Autoservizi Salemi Srl
Bus from Palermo Terminal Bus to Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
- Phone
- +38 (032) 221-68-58
- [email protected]
- Website
- AL-TRANS
Bus from Salerno to Rivne Central Bus Station
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransTempo
Bus from Rivne Central Bus Station to Tallinn, Harbour Terminal D
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–110
- Website
- TransTempo
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
Ferry from Port of Palermo to Naples Beverello
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
Car ferry from Port of Palermo to Port of Salerno
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–70
- Website
- Grimaldi Lines
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
- Phone
- +358 3 4399880
- [email protected]
- Website
- Viking Line
Ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–25
- Website
- Viking Line
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