Sainte-Marie to Toamasina runs about 3 times a day, with the first departure around 06:13 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €62.68, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 30m over 734 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €62.68, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for 5 October 2026
€62.68
- 233%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Sainte-Marie
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 06:13First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 3Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €177.14Mon21
- about €138.79Tue22
- about €161.80Wed23
- about €161.80Thu24
- about €117.55Fri25
- about €151.77Sat26
- about €114.01Sun27
- about €95.72Mon28
- about €95.72Tue29
- about €91.59Wed30
- about €93.95Thu1
- about €117.55Fri2
- about €115.78Sat3
- about €82.15Sun4
- about €62.68Mon5
- about €64.45Tue6
- about €65.04Wed7
- about €90.41Thu8
- about €102.80Fri9
- about €82.15Sat10
- about €80.97Sun11
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The flight gets you into Toamasina. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Toamasina for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Sainte-Marie to Toamasina
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €105.7590 days
- €92.1860 days
- €53.2445 days
- €57.9630 days
- €80.9721 days
- €82.1514 days
- €114.017 days
- €161.803 days
- €177.141 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €53.24.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 233 percent. The dearest point is €177.14, 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 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Sainte-Marie to Toamasina 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
734 km
713 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
34,344 → 345,107
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 734 km against 713 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 Ambodifotatra, Antananarivo. The gap between arriving and leaving is 47 minutes, of which about 5 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.
The fare from TMM into Toamasina is set by whoever drives it.
A car waiting when you land in Toamasina
Settled in advance, so the ride into Toamasina 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 KOFIMANGA
Most of the points near KOFIMANGA open before the first train and shut after the last one.
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Questions about Sainte-Marie to Toamasina
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 Sainte-Marie to Toamasina?
The fastest journey from Sainte-Marie to Toamasina takes 4h 30m door to door, of which 1h 27m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 34m, 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 Sainte-Marie to Toamasina?
The cheapest fare from Sainte-Marie to Toamasina is €62.68, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €95.72. 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 Sainte-Marie to Toamasina?
The cheapest way from Sainte-Marie to Toamasina is by flight, at €62.68 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 37m 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 Sainte-Marie to Toamasina?
Fares from Sainte-Marie to Toamasina bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €53.24. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 233 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Sainte-Marie to Toamasina?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Sainte-Marie to Toamasina, at €82.15. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 20 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Sainte-Marie to Toamasina?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Sainte-Marie to Toamasina, at €52.06 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 Sainte-Marie to Toamasina?
Air Madagascar publish service areas covering both Sainte-Marie and Toamasina, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Sainte-Marie to Toamasina?
33 percent of the services we sell from Sainte-Marie to Toamasina are direct. The rest connect at Ambodifotatra, Antananarivo, with about 47 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 Sainte-Marie to Toamasina use?
Services from Sainte-Marie to Toamasina by flight leave from Roland Garros Airport RUN and arrive at Toamasina Ambalamanasy Airport TMM. 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 Sainte-Marie to Toamasina?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Sainte-Marie to Toamasina 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.
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 Sainte-Marie to Toamasina on 20 September 2026: 734 km of route against 713 km in a straight line, 3 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €62.68, and 4h 30m 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 Toamasina a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Toamasina and across Madagascar
Day trips that leave Toamasina in the morning and cover a good part of Madagascar by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Sainte-Marie reaches 14 places in 7 countries on services we hold, over distances from 230 to 9,372 km. Toamasina reaches 7 places in 2 countries, from 138 to 713 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Sainte-Marie
- 14Places you can leave for
- 7Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Toamasina
Leaving Toamasina
- 7Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 3Operators