São Tomé to Lisbon flight

Flights from São Tomé to Lisbon start at €469.78 and take 9h 34m at their fastest.

São ToméSão ToméLisbonLisbon
Trafaria Praia is a passenger ferry built in 1960 that used to ply the river Tagus between Lisbon and Cacilhas until it was decommissioned in 2011. Under the direction of Joana Vasconcelos, the ferry underwent a major transformation, which included encasing the exterior of the vessel from stern to prow in a wrap-around frieze of over 7,000 traditional tin-glazed, blue-and-white, hand-painted azulejo tiles depicting 20 kilometers, or 12 miles, of the Lisbon skyline, from the Bugio Tower to the Vasco da Gama Tower. Below the ship's deck, Joana Vasconcelos covered the ceiling and walls with blue and white fabrics and crocheted pieces intertwined with LEDS creating a mysterious, dark-blue sea cave that pulsates with fairy lights and gently vibrates with the ship's engine. It envelops visitors and elicits both an intellectual and a sensorial response. The ship was shown at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013) as the Portuguese pavilion; it currently moors not far from where actual passenger ferries carry commuters across the Tagus. It is open for visits and short river cruises.

The Flights from São Tomé to Lisbon starts at €469.78 and takes 9h 34m door to door, run by 2 operators over 4,702 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 9h 34mDoor to door
  • 6h 24mMoving
  • €469.78 to €990.75From
  • 06:14 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 5Per day
  • 695.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€469.78 to €990.75 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €862.13Tue15
  2. about €845.02Wed16
  3. about €990.75Thu17
  4. about €678.64Fri18
  5. about €775.99Sat19
  6. about €725.84Sun20
  7. about €624.36Mon21
  8. about €508.13Tue22
  9. about €550.61Wed23
  10. about €634.98Thu24
  11. about €637.93Fri25
  12. about €647.96Sat26
  13. about €624.36Sun27
  14. about €469.78Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€363.58
  1. TAP Portugal TA200907:301h 40m09:10São Tomé TMSAccra ACC
  2. TAP Portugal TA342510:285h 32m16:00Accra ACCLisbon LIS

Changes at Accra, with 78 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 11h 40mCO2 822.9 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€466.83
  1. STP Airways ST611706:146h 24m12:38São Tomé TMSLisbon LIS

Door to door 9h 34mCO2 695.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
STP Airways€393.679h 34m
TAP Portugal€371.259h 31m
  • STP Airways
  • TAP Portugal

The flight gets you into Lisbon. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Lisbon for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Lisboa Oriente and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

Partner links. We do not sell accommodation. We earn a commission when a booking completes, and it never changes what you pay.

Booking window

When to book São Tomé to Lisbon

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €417.8690 days
  2. €364.7660 days
  3. €391.3145 days
  4. €410.1930 days
  5. €363.5821 days
  6. €469.7814 days
  7. €624.367 days
  8. €990.753 days
  9. €862.131 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €363.58.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 172 percent. The dearest point is €990.75, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €624.36Sun
  2. €469.78Mon
  3. €508.13Tue
  4. €550.61Wed
  5. €634.98Thu
  6. €637.93Fri
  7. €647.96Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

São Tomé

Air
  • TMS

Lisbon

Air
  • LIS
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
40% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 60% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 4,702 km against 4,565 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Praia, Accra, Luanda. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves São Tomé at 06:14 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about São Tomé to Lisbon

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from São Tomé to Lisbon take?

The Flight from São Tomé to Lisbon takes 9h 34m door to door, of which 6h 24m is spent moving. The route runs 4,702 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from São Tomé to Lisbon cost?

The Flight from São Tomé to Lisbon starts at €469.78 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €466.83. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from São Tomé to Lisbon?

2 operators run the Flight from São Tomé to Lisbon: STP Airways, TAP Portugal. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from São Tomé to Lisbon use?

The Flight from São Tomé to Lisbon leaves from São Tomé TMS and arrives at Lisbon LIS. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from São Tomé to Lisbon?

Fares for the Flight from São Tomé to Lisbon bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €363.58. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 172 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from São Tomé to Lisbon produce?

The Flight from São Tomé to Lisbon produces about 695.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 4702 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for São Tomé to Lisbon on 14 September 2026: 4702 km of route against 4565 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €469.78, and 9h 34m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

The fare from LIS into Lisbon is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Lisbon

Settled in advance, so the ride into Lisbon costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Plan with Ori

Ori, the trip planner

Ask it something like this