Cheapest€118.14
- Mauritania Airlines International MA482006:522h 26m09:18Bamako BKOCotonou COO
Door to door 5h 36mCO2 338.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes
Traveling from Bamako to Cotonou costs €118.14 at the cheapest and takes 5h 18m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 1,374 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.
At a glance
- Distance
- 1,374 km
- Fastest
- 5h 18m
- Average
- 5h 24m
- Services per day
- 4
- Cheapest
- €118.14
- CO2 per passenger
- 338.0 kg
Every way to make this journey
Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 28, 2026.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 5h 36m | 2h 26m | 3h 10m | €157.08 | 338.0 kg | 4 |
- 5h 36mFastest, by Flight
- €157.08Cheapest, by Flight
- 338.0 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
- 1,374 kmDistance traveled
The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Today's real departures
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
No live timetable for this trip yet.
Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.
Prices over the next three weeks
Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.
| Cheapest fare by mode and day for Bamako to Cotonou | SatSep 12 | SunSep 13 | MonSep 14 | TueSep 15 | WedSep 16 | ThuSep 17 | FriSep 18 | SatSep 19 | SunSep 20 | MonSep 21 | TueSep 22 | WedSep 23 | ThuSep 24 | FriSep 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | €337.62 | €308.12 | €196.61 | €189.53 | €175.37 | €269.77 | €217.85 | €191.30 | €185.99 | €178.91 | €157.08 | €178.91 | €203.69 | €169.47 |
Cheapest day: 2026-09-28 · €118.14
The trip ends at STM. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.
A room in Cotonou for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from STM and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Bamako to Cotonou
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €163.5790 days
- €108.1160 days
- €103.3945 days
- €120.5030 days
- €143.5121 days
- €169.4714 days
- €217.857 days
- €196.613 days
- €337.621 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €103.39.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 227 percent. The most expensive point is €337.62, 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €185.99Sun
- €178.91Mon
- €157.08Tue
- €175.37Wed
- €203.69Thu
- €169.47Fri
- €191.30Sat
How the fare moves month by month
The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.
- €189.53Sep
- €135.25Oct
- €134.07Nov
- €119.91Dec
- €127.58Jan
- €114.01Feb
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
- 25% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 75% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,374 km against 1,334 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 Lomé, Ouagadougou, Abidjan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 81 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Bamako at 06:52 and the last at 07:30, across 4 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Bamako
Bus
- Mandé Trans
- TCV
Air
- BKO
Cotonou
Bus
- STM
- TCV
Air
- COO
Landing at COO after the trains have stopped is the case this solves. We do not run cars.
Getting from COO into Cotonou?
A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.
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Who runs this route
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mauritania Airlines International | €118.14 | 5h 18m | 740 km/h | Fixed fare | Not published |
What the fare is made of
Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.
| Part | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Operator fare | €92.50 | 78% |
| Taxes | €16.65 | 14% |
| Supplier fees | €7.00 | 6% |
| Our service fee | €1.99 | 2% |
| Total you pay | €118.14 | 100% |
Check-in is at three and you will be in Cotonou well before then. Lockers are not something we run.
Baggage storage near STM
Most of the points near STM open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Bamako to Cotonou
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 Bamako to Cotonou?
The fastest journey from Bamako to Cotonou takes 5h 18m door to door, of which 2h 26m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 5h 24m, 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 Bamako to Cotonou?
The cheapest fare from Bamako to Cotonou is €118.14, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €191.30. 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 Bamako to Cotonou?
The cheapest way from Bamako to Cotonou is by Flight, at €157.08 for one passenger on September 28, 2026. That journey takes 5h 36m 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 Bamako to Cotonou?
Fares from Bamako to Cotonou bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €103.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 227 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Bamako to Cotonou?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bamako to Cotonou, at €157.08. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 28, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Bamako to Cotonou?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bamako to Cotonou, at €114.01 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 Bamako to Cotonou?
1 operators sell services from Bamako to Cotonou across 1 modes: Mauritania Airlines International. 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 Bamako to Cotonou?
25 percent of the services we sell from Bamako to Cotonou are direct. The rest connect at Lomé, Ouagadougou, Abidjan, with about 81 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 Bamako to Cotonou use?
Services from Bamako to Cotonou by Flight leave from Bamako BKO and arrive at Cotonou COO. 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 Bamako to Cotonou?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Bamako to Cotonou 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
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Bamako to Cotonou on September 11, 2026: 1374 km of route against 1334 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €118.14, and 5h 18m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The trip is the easy half to plan. The days in Cotonou are the half people leave until last.
Day trips out of Cotonou and across Benin
The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.
See Cotonou on GetYourGuideOr browse Viator
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Other ways to make this journey
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- 16Countries
- 15Operators
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