Nairobi to Lubumbashi runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €142.92 and €156.49, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 36m over 1,593 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€142.92 to €156.49
- 214%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Nairobi
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.
- 06:25First 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 €342.34Wed16
- about €368.89Thu17
- about €421.40Fri18
- about €309.30Sat19
- about €275.08Sun20
- about €200.74Mon21
- about €235.55Tue22
- about €207.23Wed23
- about €290.42Thu24
- about €197.20Fri25
- about €254.43Sat26
- about €219.03Sun27
- about €156.49Mon28
- about €217.85Tue29
- about €153.54Wed30
- about €203.10Thu1
- about €175.96Fri2
- about €190.12Sat3
- about €191.89Sun4
- about €160.03Mon5
- about €142.92Tue6
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 Lubumbashi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Lubumbashi for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Mulykap and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Nairobi to Lubumbashi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €134.0790 days
- €145.2860 days
- €154.7245 days
- €177.7330 days
- €142.9221 days
- €217.8514 days
- €235.557 days
- €421.403 days
- €342.341 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €134.07.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 214 percent. The dearest point is €421.40, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 Nairobi to Lubumbashi and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
1,593 km
1,547 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south-west.
Who lives at each end
4,397,073 → 2,221,925
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
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.
- 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 1,593 km against 1,547 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 Ndola. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
Lubumbashi is large, and the road in from FBM can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Lubumbashi
Settled in advance, so the ride into Lubumbashi 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 Mulykap
Most of the points near Mulykap open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Nairobi to Lubumbashi
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 Nairobi to Lubumbashi?
The fastest journey from Nairobi to Lubumbashi takes 5h 36m door to door, of which 2h 39m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 47m, 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 Nairobi to Lubumbashi?
The cheapest fare from Nairobi to Lubumbashi is €142.92, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €217.85. 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 Nairobi to Lubumbashi?
The cheapest way from Nairobi to Lubumbashi is by flight, at €156.49 for one passenger on 6 October 2026. That journey takes 5h 49m 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 Nairobi to Lubumbashi?
Fares from Nairobi to Lubumbashi bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €134.07. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 214 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 Nairobi to Lubumbashi?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Nairobi to Lubumbashi, at €160.03. 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 Nairobi to Lubumbashi?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Nairobi to Lubumbashi, at €132.30 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 Nairobi to Lubumbashi?
1 operators sell services from Nairobi to Lubumbashi across 1 mode: Kenya Airways. 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 Nairobi to Lubumbashi?
50 percent of the services we sell from Nairobi to Lubumbashi are direct. The rest connect at Ndola, with about 50 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 Nairobi to Lubumbashi use?
Services from Nairobi to Lubumbashi by flight leave from Nairobi NBO and arrive at Lubumbashi FBM. 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 Nairobi to Lubumbashi?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Nairobi to Lubumbashi 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 Nairobi to Lubumbashi on 15 September 2026: 1593 km of route against 1547 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €142.92, and 5h 36m 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 Lubumbashi is somebody else's catalogue.
Day trips out of Lubumbashi and across Congo - Kinshasa
Day trips that leave Lubumbashi in the morning and cover a good part of Congo - Kinshasa by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Nairobi reaches 84 places in 48 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 14,445 km. Lubumbashi reaches 21 places in 5 countries, from 110 to 2,616 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Nairobi
- 84Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 33Operators
Arriving in Lubumbashi
Leaving Lubumbashi
- 21Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 5Operators