Dar es Salaam to Kigoma runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:52 and the last around 14:39. One passenger pays between €105.39 and €121.68, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h over 1,099 km, on services run by 2 operators across 2 modes.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 2 ways of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 5, 2026
€105.39 to €121.68
- 154%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Dar es Salaam
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.
- 06:52First departure
- 14:39Last departure
- 6Services per day
- 33%Run direct
Tanzania Railways runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Dar es Salaam to Kigoma on your date, and you pay on their side.
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €195.43Sun20
- about €216.08Mon21
- about €158.85Tue22
- about €186.58Wed23
- about €241.79Thu24
- about €214.90Fri25
- about €181.86Sat26
- about €159.84Sun27
- about €158.26Mon28
- about €132.89Tue29
- about €151.77Wed30
- about €136.43Thu1
- about €160.62Fri2
- about €132.30Sat3
- about €137.61Sun4
- about €105.39Mon5
- about €123.45Tue6
- about €121.89Wed7
- about €119.91Thu8
- about €114.01Fri9
- about €144.69Sat10
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 Kigoma. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kigoma for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Kigoma station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Dar es Salaam to Kigoma
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €128.7690 days
- €76.8460 days
- €96.9045 days
- €100.9930 days
- €144.6921 days
- €132.3014 days
- €181.867 days
- €158.853 days
- €195.431 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €76.84.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 154 percent. The most expensive point is €195.43, 1 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 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Dar es Salaam to Kigoma 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
1,099 km
1,088 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
5,383,728 → 232,388
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/4
4 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
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
- 43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 1,099 km against 1,088 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Morogoro, Dodoma, Kilosa, Kibaigwa. 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. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
The fare from TKQ into Kigoma is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Kigoma
Settled in advance, so the ride into Kigoma 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.
Baggage storage near Kigoma station
Most of the points near Kigoma station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Dar es Salaam to Kigoma
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 Dar es Salaam to Kigoma?
The fastest journey from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma takes 5h door to door, of which 2h 2m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 27m, 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 Dar es Salaam to Kigoma?
The cheapest fare from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma is €105.39, as of September 19, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €167.70. 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 Dar es Salaam to Kigoma?
The cheapest way from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma is by train, at €105.39 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 8h 25m 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma?
The fastest way from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma is by flight, at 5h 12m door to door. Only 2h 2m of that is spent moving; the remaining 3h 10m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €121.68.
When should I book Dar es Salaam to Kigoma?
Fares from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €76.84. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 154 percent, measured on September 19, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Dar es Salaam to Kigoma?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma, at €132.89. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 19, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Dar es Salaam to Kigoma?
November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma, at €88.64 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 Dar es Salaam to Kigoma?
No operator record names Dar es Salaam to Kigoma directly. Air Tanzania, Tanzania Railways publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma?
43 percent of the services we sell from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma are direct. The rest connect at Morogoro, Dodoma, Kilosa, Kibaigwa, with about 50 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.
How much CO2 does the journey from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma produce?
Traveling from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma by train produces about 35.9 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 275.8 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma use?
Services from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma by flight leave from Dar es Salaam DAR and arrive at Kigoma TKQ. 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 Dar es Salaam to Kigoma?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Dar es Salaam to Kigoma 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 No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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 Dar es Salaam to Kigoma on September 19, 2026: 1099 km of route against 1088 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €105.39, and 5h 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 Kigoma a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Kigoma and across Tanzania
Day trips that leave Kigoma in the morning and cover a good part of Tanzania by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Dar es Salaam reaches 41 places in 20 countries on services we hold, over distances from 59 to 7,343 km. Kigoma reaches 15 places in 1 countries, from 228 to 1,088 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Dar es Salaam
- 41Places you can leave for
- 20Countries
- 19Operators
Arriving in Kigoma
Leaving Kigoma
- 15Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators