What does a car with a driver from the airport cost?
Every airport route has one price per vehicle, whatever the number of passengers: €50 by car to the Old Town and €35 to Cavtat, with fuel, tolls, waiting time and VAT included. These are the 2026 prices, the same by day or night and at weekends.
Euros for the whole vehicle with its driver, one way, 2026; fuel, tolls, luggage and VAT included. Times assume ordinary traffic, so add some in July and August.
Where your driver waits
Arrivals are on the ground floor of Building B. On the airport’s own plan, passengers leave the baggage hall through a single “Exit from zone” door into the public hall, where the information desk, the cash machines and the tourist-agency desks are. Your driver stands just beyond that door with a sign showing your name, so there is nothing to look for: walk through and you meet.
Passengers on flights from outside the Schengen area pass through passport control before the baggage belts. Since 10 April 2026 that includes the EU Entry/Exit System for non-EU passport holders, with self-service kiosks for the first registration. A first entry can take longer, and your driver’s waiting time starts from the landing, not from the scheduled arrival.
How long the drive takes
The airport is 22.5 km from the city and puts the drive at 30 to 35 minutes, or up to an hour in the summer months. From the terminal:
- Old Town: about 22 km, 30–35 minutes.
- Lapad and Babin Kuk hotels: about 25 km, 35–40 minutes.
- Gruž port: about 22 km, 30–35 minutes.
- Cavtat: about 6 km, 10–15 minutes, the closest resort to the airport.
- Mlini and Srebreno: about 10 km, 15–20 minutes.
Late and early flights
Dubrovnik’s arrivals run late: on 1 October 2026 the arrivals board listed the last evening landings at 23:10, 23:25, 23:35 and 23:40, with two more flights after midnight. An airport transfer with your own driver runs at any hour by advance booking, and the price is the same at 01:00 as at noon.
The shuttle, the taxi rank and the apps
The official airport shuttle is run by Platanus and costs €10 one way or €15 return in 2026; a bus leaves about 30 minutes after each arrival and calls only at Ploče Gate and the main bus station in Gruž. Taxis wait at the rank in front of the arrivals building, and the airport displays their price list at the taxi information window. Uber and Bolt take airport rides too, with the price shown in the app. A car with a driver is booked before you fly, waits inside the hall rather than outside, and takes you to your door; our guide to Uber, Bolt and taxis compares the three.
Straight to Montenegro
The Karasovići border crossing is about 17.5 km south-east of the airport, closer than the Old Town, so a trip into Montenegro can start straight from arrivals. Herceg Novi is about 28 km from the terminal by OpenStreetMap routing. Everyone in the car needs a passport, or an identity card for EU citizens, and summer queues at the border can be long.