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Accra to Birmingham

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Accra to Birmingham. From €464.47, fastest 11h 3m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Accra to Birmingham runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €464.47, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 11h 3m over 5,474 km, on services run by 7 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 22 September 2026Priced for 7 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €464.47, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 7 October 2026

€464.47

  • 213%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Accra

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €1,141.79Wed23
  2. about €1,091.64Thu24
  3. about €1,275.72Fri25
  4. about €942.37Sat26
  5. about €905.79Sun27
  6. about €722.89Mon28
  7. about €655.63Tue29
  8. about €596.63Wed30
  9. about €641.47Thu1
  10. about €661.53Fri2
  11. about €620.82Sat3
  12. about €667.43Sun4
  13. about €519.93Mon5
  14. about €512.26Tue6
  15. about €464.47Wed7
  16. about €550.61Thu8
  17. about €487.48Fri9
  18. about €547.66Sat10
  19. about €518.16Sun11
  20. about €467.42Mon12
  21. about €466.83Tue13

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Birmingham. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Birmingham for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Birmingham New Street and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Accra to Birmingham

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

  1. €476.2790 days
  2. €450.3160 days
  3. €407.2445 days
  4. €509.3130 days
  5. €466.8321 days
  6. €512.2614 days
  7. €655.637 days
  8. €1,275.723 days
  9. €1,141.791 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €407.24.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 213 percent. The dearest point is €1,275.72, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€1,275.72€407.24137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Accra to Birmingham and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

5,474 km

5,220 km as the crow flies, 5% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

1,963,2641,157,603

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

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The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 5,474 km against 5,220 km in a straight line, a detour of 5 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at London, Madrid, Paris, Lisbon. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.

Birmingham is large, and the road in from BHX can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Birmingham

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

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Birmingham New Street

Most of the points near Birmingham New Street open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Accra to Birmingham

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 it take to get from Accra to Birmingham?

The fastest journey from Accra to Birmingham takes 11h 3m door to door, of which 8h 59m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 12h 38m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Accra to Birmingham?

The cheapest fare from Accra to Birmingham is €464.47, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €672.15. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Accra to Birmingham?

The cheapest way from Accra to Birmingham is by flight, at €464.47 for one passenger on 7 October 2026. That journey takes 11h 48m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Accra to Birmingham?

Fares from Accra to Birmingham bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €407.24. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 213 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Accra to Birmingham?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Accra to Birmingham, at €512.26. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 22 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Accra to Birmingham?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Accra to Birmingham, at €337.62 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Accra to Birmingham?

7 operators sell services from Accra to Birmingham across 1 mode: Air France, Avanti West Coast, British Airways, easyJet Europe, Iberia Airlines, Ryanair. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Accra to Birmingham?

0 percent of the services we sell from Accra to Birmingham are direct. The rest connect at London, Madrid, Paris, Lisbon, with about 52 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Accra to Birmingham use?

Services from Accra to Birmingham by flight leave from Kotoka International Airport ACC and arrive at Birmingham New Street. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Accra to Birmingham?

1 of the 7 operators we sell from Accra to Birmingham allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Accra to Birmingham on 22 September 2026: 5474 km of route against 5220 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 7 operators a cheapest fare of €464.47, and 11h 3m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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Day trips out of Birmingham and across United Kingdom

Day trips that leave Birmingham in the morning and cover a good part of United Kingdom by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Accra reaches 40 places in 33 countries on services we hold, over distances from 169 to 13,808 km. Birmingham reaches 236 places in 54 countries, from 26 to 11,345 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Accra

  • 40Places you can leave for
  • 33Countries
  • 28Operators

Arriving in Birmingham

Leaving Birmingham

  • 236Places you can leave for
  • 54Countries
  • 56Operators

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