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Tram T2orTaxi, regulated airport fare?

The short answer

For one traveler the Tram T2 is cheaper by €26. That does not change up to 8 travelers.

The Taxi, regulated airport fare is quicker: 15 min against 19 min. The Tram T2 varies between 19 and 32 minutes.

Tram T2: 05:00–00:10. Taxi, regulated airport fare: Runs all night.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersTram T2Taxi, regulated airport fareDifference
1€2€28€26
2€4€28€24
3€6€28€22
4€8€29.20€21.20
5€10€30.40€20.40
6€12€31.60€19.60
7€14€32.80€18.80
8€16€34€18

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
tram · GEST, on Autolinee Toscane's ticketsTram T2
From
The Peretola Aeroporto stop, the line's terminus, two minutes on foot from arrivals and departures; ticket machine on the platform
To
Alamanni–Stazione S.M.N. in 19 minutes, Unità or Valfonda–Stazione S.M.N. a minute or two later, Fortezza in 23, then Piazza della Libertà and Via Cavour to San Marco–Università in 32
Luggage
One bag up to 50 x 30 x 25 cm and 10 kg free; larger bags up to 80 x 45 x 25 cm and 20 kg need a ticket each, two per person at most; anything bigger is not admitted, by GEST's August 2026 conditions. No racks.
Runs
05:00–00:10
Journey
19–32 min

It is EUR 2.00 whatever the party size, with no airport supplement: eight people pay EUR 16 against EUR 34 in the regulated taxi. Nothing on this page beats it while it runs.

Validate or tap before the tram moves, every person, every time; a tapped card covers one passenger, so a family taps one card, one phone and one watch, or buys at the machine.

The last tram from the airport is 00:10 Sunday to Thursday and 01:36 on Friday and Saturday nights; the last that runs through to San Marco is 23:58 and 01:15. From then until 05:00 there is nothing at the terminal but a taxi.

A cabin bag of 55 x 40 x 20 cm is over the free limit and needs its own EUR 2 ticket; a case over 80 x 45 x 25 cm or 20 kg is not admitted at all. Staff may refuse luggage on a full tram.

Some trams, including the last of the night, end at Unità beside the station rather than running on to San Marco; check the destination on the front if you want Fortezza, Libertà or San Marco.

Tram T2: price for every party size →

See Autolinee Toscane's ticket
taxi · Licensed Florence taxis, tariff set by the Comune di FirenzeTaxi, regulated airport fare
From
The rank in front of the terminal ("nell'area antistante l'aerostazione", the airport says), or a radio taxi from the two cooperatives, 055 4242 and 055 4390
To
Any hotel or private address inside the Comune's central area — inside the ring of viali, the old walls, by the cooperatives' description, plus fourteen hotels they name just outside
Luggage
EUR 1.20 a piece on top of the fixed fare, up to seven pieces; supplements capped at EUR 14.40 in all.
Runs
All night
Journey
15 min

It loses to the tram at every party size: EUR 34 for eight against EUR 16. Its case is the night — nothing else leaves the terminal between the last tram and 05:00 — and luggage the tram's rules do not admit.

Three fares by the clock and the calendar: EUR 28 on a weekday between 06:00 and 22:00, EUR 30 on a Sunday or public holiday by day, EUR 32 between 22:00 and 06:00 every night. This page prices the weekday and night fares; add EUR 2 yourself on a holiday.

Luggage is extra at EUR 1.20 a piece, and so is every passenger from the fourth; the supplements are capped at EUR 14.40. An ordinary taxi seats four; for five or more ask at the rank for a larger vehicle or call one.

The fixed fare covers hotels and private addresses inside the ring of viali, the old walls. Beyond it the meter runs, from EUR 3.80 by day and EUR 7.70 at night, at EUR 1.10 to 2.10 a kilometer.

The airport's sign prints a EUR 3.00 airport-departure supplement, but the Comune's table sets it at EUR 3.10 and applies it only to metered fares, not this fixed one; agree the total before setting off. The radio call is included in the fixed fare.

The fare is compulsory only if you are at the pickup point when the taxi arrives; the cooperatives' sheet says it lapses if the booked time is not kept.

No authority publishes a journey time beyond the airport's "circa 15 minuti", read from an archived copy of its taxi page; allow more in traffic.

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