Arusha to Dar es Salaam runs about 30 times a day, with the first departure around 06:05 and the last around 20:10. One passenger pays between €43.21 and €58.64, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h over 491 km, on services run by 6 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 6 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€43.21 to €58.64
- 96%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Arusha
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:05First departure
- 20:10Last departure
- 30Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Tanzania Railways runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this journey
Bookaway lists departures for Arusha to Dar es Salaam on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €84.51Wed16
- about €103.39Thu17
- about €80.38Fri18
- about €81.56Sat19
- about €75.07Sun20
- about €65.63Mon21
- about €53.24Tue22
- about €57.96Wed23
- about €70.35Thu24
- about €66.81Fri25
- about €66.81Sat26
- about €62.09Sun27
- about €57.37Mon28
- about €46.16Tue29
- about €48.52Wed30
- about €55.60Thu1
- about €53.24Fri2
- about €53.24Sat3
- about €50.29Sun4
- about €43.80Mon5
- about €43.21Tue6
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.
The flight gets you into Dar es Salaam. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Dar es Salaam for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Arusha to Dar es Salaam
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €44.9890 days
- €45.5760 days
- €46.1645 days
- €48.5230 days
- €43.2121 days
- €46.1614 days
- €53.247 days
- €80.383 days
- €84.511 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €43.21.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 96 percent. The dearest point is €84.51, 1 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Arusha to Dar es Salaam and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.
The shape of it
491 km
479 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-east.
Who lives at each end
617,631 → 5,383,728
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 491 km against 479 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Dar es Salaam is large, and the road in from DAR can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Dar es Salaam
Settled in advance, so the ride into Dar es Salaam 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 near Dar es Salaam Central Station
Most of the points near Dar es Salaam Central Station open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Arusha to Dar es Salaam
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 Arusha to Dar es Salaam?
The fastest journey from Arusha to Dar es Salaam takes 4h door to door, of which 3h 21m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 4h 15m, 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 Arusha to Dar es Salaam?
The cheapest fare from Arusha to Dar es Salaam is €43.21, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €73.12. 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 Arusha to Dar es Salaam?
The cheapest way from Arusha to Dar es Salaam is by flight, at €46.16 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 12m 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 Arusha to Dar es Salaam?
The fastest way from Arusha to Dar es Salaam is by train, at 4h 5m door to door. Only 3h 21m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €58.64.
When should I book Arusha to Dar es Salaam?
Fares from Arusha to Dar es Salaam bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €43.21. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 96 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Arusha to Dar es Salaam?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Arusha to Dar es Salaam, at €46.16. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 15 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Arusha to Dar es Salaam?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Arusha to Dar es Salaam, at €38.49 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 Arusha to Dar es Salaam?
6 operators sell services from Arusha to Dar es Salaam across 2 modes: Air Tanzania, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Precision Air, Qatar Airways, Rwandair Express, Tanzania Railways. 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 Arusha to Dar es Salaam?
Every service we sell from Arusha to Dar es Salaam is direct, with around 38 departures a day and a fastest journey of 4h door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
How much CO2 does the journey from Arusha to Dar es Salaam produce?
Travelling from Arusha to Dar es Salaam by train produces about 15.8 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 121.5 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Arusha to Dar es Salaam use?
Services from Arusha to Dar es Salaam by train leave from Arusha Central Train Station and arrive at Dar es Salaam Central Station. Allow about 44m 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 Arusha to Dar es Salaam?
1 of the 6 operators we sell from Arusha to Dar es Salaam 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 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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Arusha to Dar es Salaam on 15 September 2026: 491 km of route against 479 km in a straight line, 38 services a day, 6 operators a cheapest fare of €43.21, and 4h door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Being on the water gives Dar es Salaam a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Dar es Salaam and across Tanzania
Day trips that leave Dar es Salaam in the morning and cover a good part of Tanzania by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Arusha reaches 23 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 72 to 6,880 km. Dar es Salaam reaches 41 places in 20 countries, from 59 to 7,343 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Arusha
- 23Places you can leave for
- 8Countries
- 11Operators
Arriving in Dar es Salaam
Leaving Dar es Salaam
- 41Places you can leave for
- 20Countries
- 19Operators