--- title: "Nuremberg to Erfurt – 3 ways by car, taxi, plane | Mixroutes" description: "Nuremberg to Erfurt is 169 km. Fastest: undefined in 0 min. Cheapest: undefined from –. Real timetables, prices labelled live, quoted or estimated." url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nuremberg-to-erfurt" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/nuremberg-to-erfurt.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Nuremberg to Erfurt [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nuremberg&to=Erfurt) [Erfurt to Nuremberg](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/erfurt-to-nuremberg) **Fastest:** –\ \ **Cheapest:** –\ \ **Distance:** 169 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures today:** 2\ 3 ways, Tue 27 Oct\ ## 3 ways to travel 169 km apart. Times are the timetables for Tue 27 Oct, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. best€310 cheaper than a cab and about as quick. - [**Drive** best 2h 43m€23–32 Estimated 227 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nuremberg&to=Erfurt) - [**Taxi** 2h 43m€270–410 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nuremberg&to=Erfurt) - [**Fly** 8h 45m€450–740 Estimated MUC → LEJ · one stop via FRA · typical times](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Nuremberg&to=Erfurt) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Typical flight routes from OpenFlights (ODbL), a 2014 snapshot](https://openflights.org/data) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Germany; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Exercise increased caution in Germany** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.deu.html) Travel advice: US State Department. ## Departures today 1. [08:00 → 16:45 8h 45m · 1 change€450–680](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Nuremberg&to=Erfurt&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=fly) 2. [08:08 → 17:30 9h 22m · 1 change€490–740](https://www.mixroutes.com/itinerary?from=Nuremberg&to=Erfurt&date=2026-10-27&time=08%3A00&it=fly-1) Timetable data via Transitous and the operators' own GTFS feeds. Live delays arrive when an operator publishes a real-time feed. ## Questions people ask How long does it take to get from Nuremberg to Erfurt? The fastest way is by car: about 2h 43m door to door. The straight-line distance is 169 km. What is the cheapest way from Nuremberg to Erfurt? Drive is the cheapest, from €23. That figure is an estimate from the operator's fare bands, not a live quote. How long is the flight from Nuremberg to Erfurt? About 1h 3m in the air (MUC → FRA), about 8h 45m door to door once you add the ride to the airport, check-in and the cab at the other end. Typical fares run €450–740; live prices are on Flights70. How far is Erfurt from Nuremberg by road? About 227 km, roughly 2h 43m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around €23–32; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Erfurt Capital of Thuringia, Germany Erfurt (German pronunciation: \[ˈɛʁfʊʁt\] ) is the capital and largest city of the Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the River Gera, in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest, and in the middle of a line of the six largest Thuringian cities, stretching from Eisenach in the west, via Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and Jena, to Gera in the east. Together with Kassel and Göttingen, it is one of the cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants lying closest to the geographic centre of Germany. Erfurt is 100 km (62 mi) south-west of Leipzig, 250 km (155 mi) north-east of Frankfurt, 300 km (186 mi) south-west of Berlin and 400 km (249 mi) north of Munich. [The Erfurt guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/erfurt) Worth your time - Severikirche One of the most important Gothic buildings in Germany. - Augustinerkloster Augustine's Monastery), Augustinerstraße 10. - Anger Full of stores with the old Post Office building. - Egapark A huge and beautiful botanical garden and accessible by the Straßenbahn. 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