Chios to Patmos Ferry

By Dave Briggs

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Chios to Patmos at a glance

Timetable not published yet

The last known sailing on this route was on 26 August 2026. No timetable beyond that date has been published yet. Greek operators often release the next season’s schedules only a few months ahead, so this can be a seasonal pause rather than the end of the route. Over the last 12 months it had sailings in 4 of those months, busiest in July (about twice a week).

Sailings a day, last 12 months

Tap a month to see how it ran

Month by month
MonthSailingsDays with a sailingHow often
October 202511 of 31less than once a week
November 202500 of 30no sailings
December 202500 of 31no sailings
January 202600 of 31no sailings
February 202600 of 28no sailings
March 202600 of 31no sailings
April 202600 of 30no sailings
May 202600 of 31no sailings
June 202666 of 30about once a week
July 202688 of 31about twice a week
August 202688 of 31about twice a week
September 202600 of 30no sailings

October 2025 · this month, a year ago

Days with a sailing1 of 31
Sailings1 less than once a week
Usual departure09:30

Planning a trip on this route?

Email us at [email protected] with the ferry route and the dates you want to sail. We will reply with the latest information, and send you one more email when the timetable is officially published.

Check the latest sailings on Ferryscanner

These are the sailings we recorded on this route from October 2025 to September 2026. They show what ran then, not a forecast: timetables change from year to year.

Chios down to Patmos is a long southbound leg on the Blue Star Ferries line, run by the Diagoras. It takes roughly seven hours on the faster routing and closer to eight and a half when the ship makes more calls, typically stopping at Samos and sometimes Fourni or Ikaria along the way. Expect a full day or overnight at sea on a conventional car ferry.

Patmos is a Dodecanese island whose port and main settlement is Skala, with the hilltop Chora above it. From the harbour you look up at the fortified Monastery of St John the Theologian crowning the ridge, and the Cave of the Apocalypse lies on the road between the two. The historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which has kept development unusually restrained for an island of its size and profile.

Sailings run a couple of times a week, so this is a route to plan around rather than take on spec. The current timetable and fares are listed below. Skala is well connected within the Dodecanese, with regular links on to Leros, Kalymnos, Kos and Rhodes.