Dodoma to Dar es Salaam runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:52 and the last around 14:39. One passenger pays between €39.39 and €52.65, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 3h 28m over 401 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
€39.39 to €52.65
- 152%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Dodoma
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 Dodoma to Dar es Salaam 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 €65.63Tue15
- about €72.71Wed16
- about €97.14Thu17
- about €73.89Fri18
- about €73.89Sat19
- about €63.86Sun20
- about €57.96Mon21
- about €52.65Tue22
- about €58.64Wed23
- about €71.84Thu24
- about €69.17Fri25
- about €68.54Sat26
- about €59.74Sun27
- about €49.84Mon28
- about €43.79Tue29
- about €49.29Wed30
- about €47.93Thu1
- about €53.69Fri2
- about €53.83Sat3
- about €52.59Sun4
- about €39.39Mon5
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 Dar es Salaam. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Dar es Salaam for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Dar es Salaam Central Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Dodoma to Dar es Salaam
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €49.1190 days
- €39.3960 days
- €49.2945 days
- €38.4930 days
- €39.3921 days
- €49.8414 days
- €57.967 days
- €97.143 days
- €65.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €38.49.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 152 percent. The most expensive point is €97.14, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 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 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Dodoma to Dar es Salaam 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
401 km
397 km as the crow flies, 1% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
765,179 → 5,383,728
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
2/4
2 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 actually 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 401 km against 397 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 Kibaigwa, Morogoro, Bagamoyo, Kilosa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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.
Dar es Salaam is large, and the road in from DAR can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Dar es Salaam
Settled in advance, so the ride into Dar es Salaam 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 Dar es Salaam Central Station
Most of the points near Dar es Salaam Central Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Dodoma to Dar es Salaam
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 Dodoma to Dar es Salaam?
The fastest journey from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam takes 3h 28m door to door, of which 2h 53m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 3h 50m, 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 Dodoma to Dar es Salaam?
The cheapest fare from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam is €39.39, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €66.34. 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 Dodoma to Dar es Salaam?
The cheapest way from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam is by train, at €49.84 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 3h 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam?
The fastest way from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam is by train, at 3h 37m door to door. Only 2h 53m of that is spent moving; the remaining 44m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €49.84.
When should I book Dodoma to Dar es Salaam?
Fares from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €38.49. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 152 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Dodoma to Dar es Salaam?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam, at €49.84. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Dodoma to Dar es Salaam?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam, at €34.99 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 Dodoma to Dar es Salaam?
2 operators sell services from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam across 2 modes: Air Tanzania, Tanzania Railways. 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 Dodoma to Dar es Salaam?
43 percent of the services we sell from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam are direct. The rest connect at Kibaigwa, Morogoro, Bagamoyo, Kilosa, with about 53 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 Dodoma to Dar es Salaam produce?
Traveling from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam by train produces about 13.1 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 100.6 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam use?
Services from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam by train leave from Dodoma SGR Terminal and arrive at Dar es Salaam Central Station. Allow about 44m 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 Dodoma to Dar es Salaam?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Dodoma to Dar es Salaam 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 Dodoma to Dar es Salaam on September 14, 2026: 401 km of route against 397 km in a straight line, 7 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €39.39, and 3h 28m 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 Dar es Salaam a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Dar es Salaam and across Tanzania
Day trips that leave Dar es Salaam in the morning and cover a good part of Tanzania by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Dodoma reaches 21 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 101 to 692 km. Dar es Salaam reaches 41 places in 20 countries, from 59 to 7,343 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Dodoma
- 21Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators
Arriving in Dar es Salaam
Leaving Dar es Salaam
- 41Places you can leave for
- 20Countries
- 19Operators