There are 9 ways to get from Tehrān to Essen by bus, plane, car, train, or car train
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Bus to Tehran International Airport, fly to Düsseldorf International Airport
best- Take the bus from Azadi Square to Tehran Imam Khomeinibus
- Fly from Tehran International Airport (IKA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane IKA - DUS
11h 14m€169–501Fly Mehrabad International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Mehrabad International Airport (THR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS)plane THR - DUS
13h 23m€168–680Drive 4,879.3 km
- Drive from Tehrān to Essencar 4,879.3 km
2d 2h€691–998Bus to Tehran International Airport, fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Take the bus from Azadi Square to Tehran Imam Khomeinibus
- Fly from Tehran International Airport (IKA) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane IKA - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbftrain
12h 28m€188–572Bus to Tehran International Airport, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Azadi Square to Tehran Imam Khomeinibus
- Fly from Tehran International Airport (IKA) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane IKA - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbftrain
11h 7m€186–621Bus to Tehran International Airport, fly to Dortmund Airport
- Take the bus from Azadi Square to Tehran Imam Khomeinibus
- Fly from Tehran International Airport (IKA) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane IKA - DTM
13h 2m€183–727Bus to Tehran International Airport, fly to Hannover Airport, train
- Take the bus from Azadi Square to Tehran Imam Khomeinibus
- Fly from Tehran International Airport (IKA) to Hannover Airport (HAJ)plane IKA - HAJ
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbftrain
14h 18m€218–791Bus to Tehran International Airport, fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Take the bus from Azadi Square to Tehran Imam Khomeinibus
- Fly from Tehran International Airport (IKA) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane IKA - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbftrain
14h 34m€243–926Drive, car train
- Drive from Tehrān to Salzburg Hbfcar
- Take the cartrain from Salzburg Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Essencar
2d 5h€809–1,153
Tehran International Airport (IKA) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tehrān to Essen is to bus and fly which costs €160 - €500 and takes 11h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Tehrān to Essen is to bus and fly and train which takes 11h 7m and costs €180 - €650.
The distance between Tehrān and Essen is 4020 km. The road distance is 4879.3 km.
It takes approximately 11h 14m to get from Tehrān to Essen, including transfers.
Essen is 1h 30m behind Tehrān. It is currently 11:50 AM in Tehrān and 10:20 AM in Essen.
Yes, the driving distance between Tehrān to Essen is 4879 km. It takes approximately 2 days 2h to drive from Tehrān to Essen.
There are 2782+ hotels available in Essen.
What companies run services between Tehrān, Iran and Essen, Germany?
Iran Airtour Airline, Turkish Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Mehrabad International Airport (THR) to Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) twice daily.
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–700
Flights from Mehrabad International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Mashhad, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–800
Flights from Mehrabad International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Shiraz, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–750
Flights from Mehrabad International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Tabriz, Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €160–650
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Frankfurt via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–600
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Dortmund Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–700
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Hannover Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Eindhoven Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–700
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–750
Flights from Mehrabad International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Mashhad, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €260–850
Flights from Mehrabad International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Tabriz, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €220–700
Flights from Mehrabad International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Shiraz, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–800
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Frankfurt via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–650
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Hannover Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €280–900
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €160–470
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–470
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170–500
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Frankfurt via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–430
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Hannover Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200–800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Hannover Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €210–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Düsseldorf International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €180–750
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–700
Flights from Tehran International Airport to Hannover Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- FlixTrain GmbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Eindhoven Centraal to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Viersen Bahnhof to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Salzburg Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
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