Amsterdam to Addis Ababa runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €407.73 and €510.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 11h 41m over 5,888 km, on services run by 5 operators across 3 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 0 operators and 3 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for 13 October 2026
€407.73 to €510.49
- 173%Moves across the booking window
173%When it runs, leaving Amsterdam
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
0%Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €1,113.93Wed23
- about €1,281.68Thu24
- about €1,058.38Fri25
- about €941.23Sat26
- about €811.43Sun27
- about €639.83Mon28
- about €789.43Tue29
- about €596.38Wed30
- about €805.38Thu1
- about €812.53Fri2
- about €758.63Sat3
- about €574.93Sun4
- about €514.43Mon5
- about €523.78Tue6
- about €600.23Wed7
- about €520.48Thu8
- about €492.98Fri9
- about €565.58Sat10
- about €473.73Sun11
- about €457.23Mon12
- about €407.73Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Addis Ababa. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Addis Ababa for the night the train gets in
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When to book Amsterdam to Addis Ababa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €573.8390 days
- €469.8860 days
- €407.7345 days
- €653.5830 days
- €407.7321 days
- €523.7814 days
- €789.437 days
- €1,058.383 days
- €1,113.931 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €407.73.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 173 percent. The dearest point is €1,113.93, 1 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Amsterdam to Addis Ababa 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
5,888 km
5,707 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
741,636 → 3,860,000
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
The route
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 5,888 km against 5,707 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 Maastricht, Athens, Frankfurt am Main, Liège. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.
Addis Ababa is large, and the road in from ADD can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Addis Ababa
Settled in advance, so the ride into Addis Ababa costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Left luggage near Addis Abeba train station
Most of the points near Addis Abeba train station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Amsterdam to Addis Ababa
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 Amsterdam to Addis Ababa?
The fastest journey from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa takes 11h 41m door to door, of which 9h 43m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 13h 23m, 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 Amsterdam to Addis Ababa?
The cheapest fare from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa is €407.73, as of 22 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €623.30. 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 Amsterdam to Addis Ababa?
The cheapest way from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa is by coach, at €407.73 for one passenger on 13 October 2026. That journey takes 14h 57m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa?
The fastest way from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa is by train, at 12h 25m door to door. Only 9h 43m of that is spent moving; the remaining 2h 42m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €416.69.
When should I book Amsterdam to Addis Ababa?
Fares from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €407.73. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 173 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 Amsterdam to Addis Ababa?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa, at €514.43. 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 Amsterdam to Addis Ababa?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa, at €383.53 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 Amsterdam to Addis Ababa?
5 operators sell services from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa across 3 modes: Aegean Airlines, DB Fernverkehr, Ethiopian Airlines, European Sleeper, FlixBus. 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 Amsterdam to Addis Ababa?
0 percent of the services we sell from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa are direct. The rest connect at Maastricht, Athens, Frankfurt am Main, Liège, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa produce?
Travelling from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa by flight produces about 1538.5 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Coach produces about 1677.7 kg, roughly 1 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa use?
Services from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa by train leave from Amsterdam Centraal and arrive at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport ADD. 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 Amsterdam to Addis Ababa?
3 of the 5 operators we sell from Amsterdam to Addis Ababa 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 Amsterdam to Addis Ababa on 22 September 2026: 5888 km of route against 5707 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 5 operators a cheapest fare of €407.73, and 11h 41m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Addis Ababa is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Addis Ababa and across Ethiopia
Day trips that leave Addis Ababa in the morning and cover a good part of Ethiopia by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Amsterdam reaches 454 places in 108 countries on services we hold, over distances from 22 to 12,142 km. Addis Ababa reaches 120 places in 67 countries, from 64 to 12,163 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Amsterdam
- 454Places you can leave for
- 108Countries
- 122Operators
108
122Arriving in Addis Ababa
Leaving Addis Ababa
- 120Places you can leave for
- 67Countries
- 18Operators