Cheap Flights from Dublin to Salzburg

Salzburg sits far enough east for real winters: cold nights, shorter days around the turn of the year and a fair share of snow. Daylight and demand both lift as spring approaches, and fares follow: March is the cheapest month in the tracked range, with milder afternoons and noticeably longer evenings than midwinter. Tracked prices run from September through April, so the calendar covers a full winter season rather than the summer; book further ahead for anything outside that window. Midweek departures generally undercut Friday and Sunday flights, and the weeks around Christmas and New Year, along with school half-terms, are the ones worth locking in early.

The difference you feel first is between fare and bag: Ryanair keeps the base price low and charges separately for checked luggage and seat choice, while the legacy names on the route, such as Austrian, Lufthansa, Swiss, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, BA CityFlyer and Aegean Airlines, sell fares that usually include a cabin bag and a wider choice of departure times. Eurowings sits between the two models, and Emerald Airlines adds a regional operator to the mix. Most of the full-service names reach Salzburg with a single change, so the nonstop is the quicker choice. Dublin's wider network also reaches Chisinau, Krakow, Warsaw, Rzeszow, Kosice and Budapest.

You land at Salzburg's single airport, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which sits just outside the city, and the run into the centre is a short one: a local bus makes the trip, taxis queue by the door and hire cars are collected at the terminal. Because it is small and single-terminal, the walk from gate to exit is brief and ground transport is easy to find, though facilities are few if a delay leaves you waiting. Watch two things: winter weather on either side of the journey, the usual cause of schedule slips in the cold months, and the time of the last bus if your flight lands late.

Currency

EUR (€)

Power sockets

Type C, F · 230 V

Language

Austrian Sign Language, German

Emergency number

112, 120, 122

Driving side

right

Calling code

+43

Internet domain

.at

EU / Schengen

EU member, Schengen area

Population of Salzburg

155 k (2020)

Time zone

UTC+02 (Europe/Vienna)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Price the extras before the fare, because the budget carrier charges separately for checked bags and seat choice.
• Dublin has one airport, so departure is simple; on a connecting itinerary, check that the last leg lands at Salzburg itself.
• Aim for March if your dates are flexible, since it is the cheapest month in the tracked range, and book the holiday weeks early.
• Check which documents Austria requires for your nationality before paying, and make sure your passport is in date.
• If you pair a nonstop ticket with a separately booked flight, leave several hours between the two.
• Fares are tracked from autumn through spring, so book any summer trip further ahead.