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Kalymnos to Rhodes

3 operators run this water, from 4 h 50 to 8 h 35 — a difference of 3 h 45 on the same crossing. Rhodes has an airport 14 km from the quay, so this is a crossing you can make one way and fly the other.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Blue Star Ferries Kalymnos → Rhodes 124 km fast crossing 4 h 50 "fast" rate not held 26 km/h average
Operator not recorded Kalymnos → Rhodes 124 km crossing 5 h 18 rate not held 23 km/h average
SAOS Ferries Kalymnos → Rhodes 124 km conventional crossing 8 h 35 rate not held 14 km/h average
Dodekanisos Seaways Kalymnos → Rhodes 124 km conventional crossing not held rate not held

Other ways to reach Rhodes

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Rhodes without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Symi – Rhodes 1 h 02 Anes Ferries, Blue Star Ferries
Panormitis – Rhodes 1 h 05 Anes Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Fethiye – Rhodes 1 h 25 Ido, Makri Travel
Chalki – Rhodes 1 h 45 Aegeon Pelagos, Anek Lines
Kastelorizo – Rhodes 2 h 20 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Kos – Rhodes 2 h 20 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Tilos – Rhodes 2 h 30 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Nisyros – Rhodes 3 h 15 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Diafani – Rhodes 3 h 35 Anek Lines, Blue Star Ferries

And other ways to reach Kalymnos

Pserimos – Kalymnos 20 min Anem Ferries, LAFASI
Kos – Kalymnos 35 min Anem Ferries, Blue Star Ferries
Leros – Kalymnos 45 min Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Lipsi – Kalymnos 1 h 10 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Nisyros – Kalymnos 1 h 30 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Patmos – Kalymnos 1 h 35 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Agathonisi – Kalymnos 1 h 50 Dodekanisos Seaways, SAOS Ferries
Symi – Kalymnos 2 h 05 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Astypalea – Kalymnos 2 h 12 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways
Tilos – Kalymnos 2 h 15 Blue Star Ferries, Dodekanisos Seaways

Where else these quays go

Also from Kalymnos

Agathonisi · Agios Kirikos · Arki · Astypalea · Chalki · Evdilos · Fournoi · Karlovassi · Karpathos · Kasos · Kastelorizo · Kos · Leros · Lipsi

Also from Rhodes

Agathonisi · Agios Kirikos · Amorgos · Anafi · Arki · Astypalea · Bodrum · Chalki · Datca · Diafani · Evdilos · Fethiye · Fournoi · Heraklion

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Kalymnos–Rhodes crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. The choice between Blue Star Ferries at 4 h 50 and SAOS Ferries at 8 h 35 is mostly a price decision, and we hold no prices for either.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.