There are 4 ways to get from Seattle to Palermo by plane, bus, train, or 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 Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane SEA - PMO
16h 33m€186–448Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)plane SEA - CTA
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazellobus
19h 25m€174–440Train to Vancouver International Airport, fly to Palermo Airport
- Take the train from Seattle to Vancouvertrain
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Palermo Airport (PMO)plane YVR - PMO
23h 28m€493–782Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport, ferry, train
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Reggio Calabria Airport (REG)plane SEA - REG
- Take the ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittimaferry
- Take the train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centraletrain
23h 30m
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Palermo Airport (PMO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Seattle to Palermo is to fly and bus which costs €170 - €440 and takes 19h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle to Palermo is to fly which takes 16h 33m and costs €180 - €450.
The distance between Seattle and Palermo is 9571 km.
It takes approximately 16h 33m to get from Seattle to Palermo, including transfers.
Palermo is 8h ahead of Seattle. It is currently 4:35 AM in Seattle and 12:35 PM in Palermo.
There are 6147+ hotels available in Palermo.
What companies run services between Seattle, WA, USA and Palermo, Italy?
Delta, ITA Airways, and six other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Palermo Airport (PMO) twice daily.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,500
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Palermo Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €330–1,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–1,000
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Palermo Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Palermo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–850
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,500
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €180–440
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Palermo Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–410
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Reggio Calabria Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €420–1,500
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Messina Centrale to Palermo Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- [email protected]
- Website
- SAIS Autolinee
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- SAIS Autolinee
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–27
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Ferry from Villa S.Giovanni to Messina Marittima
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Trenitalia
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