Johannesburg to Pemba runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:27 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €172.42, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 8m over 2,024 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €172.42, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 6 October 2026
€172.42
- 332%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Johannesburg
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.
- 06:27First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €556.51Sat19
- about €407.83Sun20
- about €381.87Mon21
- about €344.70Tue22
- about €271.54Wed23
- about €408.42Thu24
- about €434.97Fri25
- about €314.02Sat26
- about €227.88Sun27
- about €205.46Mon28
- about €203.10Tue29
- about €265.64Wed30
- about €248.53Thu1
- about €274.49Fri2
- about €217.26Sat3
- about €220.80Sun4
- about €180.09Mon5
- about €172.42Tue6
- about €200.74Wed7
- about €242.63Thu8
- about €203.69Fri9
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 Pemba. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Pemba for the night the flight gets in
The search opens on Pemba with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Johannesburg to Pemba
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €271.5490 days
- €128.7660 days
- €157.0845 days
- €157.0830 days
- €203.6921 days
- €274.4914 days
- €434.977 days
- €381.873 days
- €556.511 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €128.76.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 332 percent. The dearest point is €556.51, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 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 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Johannesburg to Pemba 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
2,024 km
1,965 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.
Who lives at each end
9,418,183 → 232,932
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/1
1 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 looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 2,024 km against 1,965 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 Maputo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 99 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 10 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.
The fare from POL into Pemba is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Pemba
Settled in advance, so the ride into Pemba 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.
Where to leave your bags in Pemba
Shops, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the opening hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
Check Pemba on StasherOr try Bounce
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Questions about Johannesburg to Pemba
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 Johannesburg to Pemba?
The fastest journey from Johannesburg to Pemba takes 6h 8m door to door, of which 3h 10m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 18m, 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 Johannesburg to Pemba?
The cheapest fare from Johannesburg to Pemba is €172.42, as of 18 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €265.64. 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 Johannesburg to Pemba?
The cheapest way from Johannesburg to Pemba is by flight, at €172.42 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 6h 20m 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 Johannesburg to Pemba?
Fares from Johannesburg to Pemba bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €128.76. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 332 percent, measured on 18 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Johannesburg to Pemba?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Johannesburg to Pemba, at €203.10. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 18 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Johannesburg to Pemba?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Johannesburg to Pemba, at €158.85 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 Johannesburg to Pemba?
No operator record names Johannesburg to Pemba directly. Airlink (SAA) publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Johannesburg to Pemba?
50 percent of the services we sell from Johannesburg to Pemba are direct. The rest connect at Maputo, with about 99 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 Johannesburg to Pemba use?
Services from Johannesburg to Pemba by flight leave from Johannesburg JNB and arrive at Pemba POL. Allow about 3h 10m 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 Johannesburg to Pemba?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Johannesburg to Pemba 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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Johannesburg to Pemba on 18 September 2026: 2024 km of route against 1965 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €172.42, and 6h 8m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Pemba is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Pemba and across Mozambique
Day trips that leave Pemba in the morning and cover a good part of Mozambique by evening.
See Pemba on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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The two ends, compared
Johannesburg reaches 104 places in 45 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 13,566 km. Pemba reaches 4 places in 3 countries, from 274 to 1,965 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Johannesburg
- 104Places you can leave for
- 45Countries
- 46Operators
Arriving in Pemba
Leaving Pemba
- 4Places you can leave for
- 3Countries
- 3Operators