There are 10 ways to get from Chișinău to Tartu by plane, train, bus, car, 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 to Lennart Meri International Airport, train
best- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)plane RMO - TLL
- Take the train from Ülemiste to Tartutrain
11h 23m€163–362Bus, train via Kaišiadorys
cheapest- Take the bus from Chișinău, North Bus Station to Kaunas, Lithuaniabus Chișinău/Kaunas
- Take the train from Kaisiadorys to Tartutrain 889
27h 18m€78–141Train
- Take the train from Chisinau to Kyiv-Pas.train 352
- Take the train from Kyiv-Pas. to Warszawa Wschodniatrain 67
- Take the train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Kaunastrain
- Take the train from Kaisiadorys to Tartutrain 889
2d 2h€151–207Drive 1,688.5 km
- Drive from Chișinău to Tartucar 1,688.5 km
26h 12m€277–400Fly to Riga International Airport, train
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Riga International Airport (RIX)plane RMO - RIX
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Tartutrain
9h 51m€137–370Fly to Tartu Ülenurme Airport
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY)plane RMO - TAY
12h 26m€137–449Fly to Helsinki Airport, ferry, train
- Fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)plane RMO - HEL
- Take the ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinnferry
- Take the train from Tallinn to Tartutrain
15h 17m€226–504Bus, car
- Take the bus from Chișinău, North Bus Station to Kaunas, Lithuaniabus
- Drive from Kaunas Airport to Riga Airportcar
- Take the bus from Riga Airport to Tartu Bus stationbus
28h 40m€107–578Bus
- Take the bus from Chișinău Autogara Nord to Orheibus
- Take the bus from Orhei to Zhytomyrbus
- Take the bus from Zhytomyr to Pärnu bussijaambus
- Take the bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaambus 145 / ...
38h 37m€141–211Bus, train
- Take the bus from Chisinau, Gara Feroviara to Rīgabus
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Tartutrain 0 / ...
2d 1h€187–395
Chișinău to Tartu by bus and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chișinău to Tartu is to bus and train via Kaišiadorys which costs €75 - €150 and takes 27h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Chișinău to Tartu is to fly and train which takes 9h 51m and costs €130 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Chișinău to Tartu. However, there are services departing from Chișinău Autogara Nord and arriving at Tartu bussijaam via Orhei, Zhytomyr and Pärnu bussijaam. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 37m.
No, there is no direct train from Chișinău to Tartu. However, there are services departing from Chisinau and arriving at Tartu via Kyiv-Pas., Warszawa Wschodnia, Kaunas and Kaisiadorys. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
The distance between Chișinău and Tartu is 1608 km. The road distance is 1688.5 km.
The best way to get from Chișinău to Tartu without a car is to bus and train via Kaišiadorys which takes 27h 18m and costs €75 - €150.
It takes approximately 11h 23m to get from Chișinău to Tartu, including transfers.
Chișinău to Tartu bus services, operated by GAL TRANS, depart from Chișinău Autogara Nord station.
Chișinău to Tartu train services, operated by Ukrainian Railways (UZ), depart from Chisinau station.
The best way to get from Chișinău to Tartu is to train which takes 2 days 2h and costs €150 - €210. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €130 - €450 and takes 12h 26m, you could also bus, which costs €140 - €220 and takes 38h 37m.
What companies run services between Chișinău, Moldova and Tartu, Estonia?
You can take a train from Chisinau to Tartu via Kyiv-Pas., Warszawa Wschodnia, Kaunas, and Kaisiadorys in around 2d 2h. Alternatively, Wizz Air, Finnair, and four other airlines fly from Chișinău International Airport (RMO) to Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY) 3 times a day.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Budapest, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €240–650
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Vienna, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–700
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Copenhagen, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Riga International Airport, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210–600
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Berlin Brandenburg, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €170–470
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–420
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €180–490
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–300
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Riga International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €150–300
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–420
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–480
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Riga International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €150–300
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Chișinău International Airport to Helsinki Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Phone
- +372 616 0245
- klienditugi@elron.ee
- Website
- Elron
Train from Ülemiste to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Elron
- Express Train Ticket
- €13–18
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- Elron
- Express Train Ticket
- €18–25
Train from Tallinn to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- Elron
- Express Train Ticket
- €13–19
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- Elron
- Express Train Ticket
- €18–25
- Phone
- +370 700 55 111
- informacija@ltglink.lt
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Ülemiste to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Kaisiadorys to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Warszawa Wschodnia to Kaunas
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–28
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Kaisiadorys to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Tallinn to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- LTG Link
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- LTG Link
- Phone
- +38 (044) 309-70-01
- booking@uz.gov.ua
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
Train from Chisinau to Kyiv-Pas.
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
- Schedules at
- Ukrainian Railways
- Book at
- Tickets.ua
- Coupe
- €50–70
Train from Kyiv-Pas. to Warszawa Wschodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–70
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
- Schedules at
- Ukrainian Railways
- Book at
- Tickets.ua
- Coupe
- €50–70
- Phone
- +373 (689) 78-455
- bon_voyage_tour@list.ru
- Website
- bonvoyage.md
Bus from Chișinău, North Bus Station to Kaunas, Lithuania
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- €100
- Children
- €50
Bus from Chișinău, North Bus Station to Kaunas, Lithuania
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Schedules at
- bonvoyage.md
- Book at
- bonvoyage.md
- Adult
- €100
- Children
- €50
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Airport to Tartu Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Schedules at
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- Lux Express
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- contact@galtrans.md
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Chișinău Autogara Nord to Orhei
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
Bus from Orhei to Zhytomyr
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- TransTempo
Bus from Zhytomyr to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–110
- Website
- TransTempo
- Phone
- +372 640 4000
- klienditugi@gobus.ee
- Website
- Go Bus
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- Go Bus
- Phone
- +372 606 4969
- info@sebe.ee
- Website
- SEBE
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Schedules at
- SEBE
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- Peatus Estonia
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Peatus Estonia
- Phone
- +372 5886 0000
- info@bussikeskus.ee
- Website
- Arilix OÜ
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- Express Busline
Bus from Chisinau, Gara Feroviara to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €170–370
- Website
- Express Busline
- Phone
- 06000 4300
- Website
- eckeroline.fi
Ferry from Helsinki Terminal 2 to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Schedules at
- Eckeroline
- Economy
- €20–30
- Phone
- +370 5 210 4304
- info@ollex.lt
- Website
- Ollex
Car from Kaunas Airport to Riga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €40–450
- Website
- Ollex
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