Zanzibar to Mombasa runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:04 and the last around 14:51. One passenger pays between €31.41 and €32.59, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 54m over 247 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€31.41 to €32.59
- 77%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Zanzibar
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.
- 06:04First departure
- 14:51Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €52.06Tue15
- about €46.75Wed16
- about €55.60Thu17
- about €46.75Fri18
- about €46.16Sat19
- about €44.98Sun20
- about €43.21Mon21
- about €32.59Tue22
- about €33.77Wed23
- about €44.98Thu24
- about €38.49Fri25
- about €38.49Sat26
- about €36.13Sun27
- about €32.59Mon28
- about €31.41Tue29
- about €31.41Wed30
- about €34.36Thu1
- about €31.41Fri2
- about €31.41Sat3
- about €33.18Sun4
- about €31.41Mon5
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 Mombasa. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Mombasa for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Mombasa Terminus and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Zanzibar to Mombasa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €32.0090 days
- €31.4160 days
- €31.4145 days
- €31.4130 days
- €31.4121 days
- €32.5914 days
- €43.217 days
- €55.603 days
- €52.061 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 77 percent. The dearest point is €55.60, 3 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Zanzibar to Mombasa 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
247 km
240 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
709,809 → 1,208,333
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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 247 km against 240 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Mombasa is large, and the road in from MBA can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Mombasa
Settled in advance, so the ride into Mombasa 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 Mombasa Terminus
Most of the points near Mombasa Terminus open before the first train and shut after the last one.
Check Mombasa on StasherOr try Bounce
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Questions about Zanzibar to Mombasa
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 Zanzibar to Mombasa?
The fastest journey from Zanzibar to Mombasa takes 3h 54m door to door, of which 44m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 55m, 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 Zanzibar to Mombasa?
The cheapest fare from Zanzibar to Mombasa is €31.41, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €40.85. 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 Zanzibar to Mombasa?
The cheapest way from Zanzibar to Mombasa is by flight, at €32.59 for one passenger on 29 September 2026. That journey takes 3h 54m 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 Zanzibar to Mombasa?
Fares from Zanzibar to Mombasa bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 77 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Zanzibar to Mombasa?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Zanzibar to Mombasa, at €32.59. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Zanzibar to Mombasa?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Zanzibar to Mombasa, at €31.41 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 Zanzibar to Mombasa?
3 operators sell services from Zanzibar to Mombasa across 1 mode: Condor Flugdienst, Neos, TUI fly Belgium. 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 Zanzibar to Mombasa?
Every service we sell from Zanzibar to Mombasa is direct, with around 6 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 54m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Zanzibar to Mombasa use?
Services from Zanzibar to Mombasa by flight leave from Zanzibar ZNZ and arrive at Mombasa MBA. 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 Zanzibar to Mombasa?
0 of the 3 operators we sell from Zanzibar to Mombasa 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 Zanzibar to Mombasa on 14 September 2026: 247 km of route against 240 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 54m 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 Mombasa a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Mombasa and across Kenya
Day trips that leave Mombasa in the morning and cover a good part of Kenya by evening.
See Mombasa on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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The two ends, compared
Zanzibar reaches 39 places in 16 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 7,272 km. Mombasa reaches 22 places in 11 countries, from 143 to 7,075 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Zanzibar
- 39Places you can leave for
- 16Countries
- 20Operators
Arriving in Mombasa
Leaving Mombasa
- 22Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 12Operators