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Abuja to Accra

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Abuja to Accra. From €85.69, fastest 6h 26m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Abuja to Accra runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €85.69, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 6h 26m over 968 km, on services run by 4 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 22, 2026Priced for October 12, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €85.69, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 12, 2026

€85.69

  • 174%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Abuja

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 07:30First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 2Services per day
  • 0%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €201.92Wed23
  2. about €225.52Thu24
  3. about €236.14Fri25
  4. about €172.42Sat26
  5. about €165.34Sun27
  6. about €139.38Mon28
  7. about €126.99Tue29
  8. about €119.32Wed30
  9. about €152.95Thu1
  10. about €125.81Fri2
  11. about €128.17Sat3
  12. about €111.06Sun4
  13. about €102.80Mon5
  14. about €102.21Tue6
  15. about €96.90Wed7
  16. about €127.58Thu8
  17. about €121.68Fri9
  18. about €117.55Sat10
  19. about €118.14Sun11
  20. about €85.69Mon12
  21. about €99.26Tue13

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Accra. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Accra for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Accra Central Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Abuja to Accra

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €95.1390 days
  2. €88.6460 days
  3. €86.2845 days
  4. €101.6230 days
  5. €99.2621 days
  6. €102.2114 days
  7. €126.997 days
  8. €236.143 days
  9. €201.921 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €86.28.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 174 percent. The most expensive point is €236.14, 3 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.
€236.14€86.28137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Abuja to Accra 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

968 km

933 km as the crow flies, 4% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south-west.

Who lives at each end

2,690,0001,963,264

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

CameroonCôte d’IvoireGhanaBurkina FasoBeninTogoLagosLagosAbidjanAbidjanKumasiKumasiPort HarcourtPort HarcourtKadunaKadunaBenin CityBenin CityDoualaDoualaYaoundéYaoundéZariaZariaEnuguEnuguWarriWarriOwerriOwerriOkeneOkeneTamaleTamaleMakurdiMakurdiIjebu OdeIjebu OdeAbujaAbujaAccraAccraMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

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
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 968 km against 933 km in a straight line, a detour of 4 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Lagos, Lomé. The gap between arriving and leaving is 71 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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.

Accra is large, and the road in from ACC can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Accra

Settled in advance, so the ride into Accra costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand 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 lockers

Baggage storage near Accra Central Station

Most of the points near Accra Central Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Abuja to Accra

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Abuja to Accra?

The fastest journey from Abuja to Accra takes 6h 26m door to door, of which 2h 10m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 6h 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 Abuja to Accra?

The cheapest fare from Abuja to Accra is €85.69, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €127.88. 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 Abuja to Accra?

The cheapest way from Abuja to Accra is by flight, at €85.69 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 6h 31m 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 Abuja to Accra?

Fares from Abuja to Accra bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €86.28. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 174 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Abuja to Accra?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Abuja to Accra, at €102.21. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 22, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Abuja to Accra?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Abuja to Accra, at €82.74 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 service from Abuja to Accra?

4 operators sell services from Abuja to Accra across 1 mode: Aero Contractors, Africa World Airlines, Air France, Royal Air Maroc. 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 Abuja to Accra?

0 percent of the services we sell from Abuja to Accra are direct. The rest connect at Lagos, Lomé, with about 71 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 Abuja to Accra use?

Services from Abuja to Accra by flight leave from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport ABV and arrive at Kotoka International Airport ACC. 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 Abuja to Accra?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Abuja to Accra 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

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 labeled 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 Abuja to Accra on September 22, 2026: 968 km of route against 933 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 4 operators a cheapest fare of €85.69, and 6h 26m 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 Accra is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Accra and across Ghana

Day trips that leave Accra in the morning and cover a good part of Ghana by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Abuja reaches 27 places in 11 countries on services we hold, over distances from 163 to 4,985 km. Accra reaches 40 places in 33 countries, from 169 to 13,808 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Abuja

  • 27Places you can leave for
  • 11Countries
  • 14Operators

Arriving in Accra

Leaving Accra

  • 40Places you can leave for
  • 33Countries
  • 28Operators

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