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Johannesburg to Mumbai

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Johannesburg to Mumbai. From €563.59, fastest 12h 38m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Johannesburg to Mumbai runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:00 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €563.59, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 12h 38m over 7,193 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 7, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €563.59, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for October 7, 2026

€563.59

  • 225%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Johannesburg

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.

  • 06:00First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 20%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €1,645.06Sat19
  2. about €1,259.79Sun20
  3. about €1,225.57Mon21
  4. about €874.52Tue22
  5. about €1,187.81Wed23
  6. about €1,422.04Thu24
  7. about €1,052.11Fri25
  8. about €966.56Sat26
  9. about €873.34Sun27
  10. about €892.22Mon28
  11. about €919.36Tue29
  12. about €900.48Wed30
  13. about €865.08Thu1
  14. about €876.29Fri2
  15. about €708.73Sat3
  16. about €657.99Sun4
  17. about €581.29Mon5
  18. about €589.55Tue6
  19. about €563.59Wed7
  20. about €904.02Thu8
  21. about €706.37Fri9

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 Mumbai. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Mumbai for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Mumbai Central railway 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 Johannesburg to Mumbai

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

  1. €852.6990 days
  2. €508.1360 days
  3. €506.9545 days
  4. €568.9030 days
  5. €706.3721 days
  6. €876.2914 days
  7. €1,052.117 days
  8. €1,225.573 days
  9. €1,645.061 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €506.95.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 225 percent. The most expensive point is €1,645.06, 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.
€1,645.06€506.95137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Johannesburg to Mumbai and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

3.5 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

7,193 km

6,984 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

9,418,18312,691,836

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

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

JohannesburgJohannesburgMumbaiMumbai
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
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 7,193 km against 6,984 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 Addis Ababa, Abu Dhabi, Mahébourg, Nairobi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 46 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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.

Mumbai is large, and the road in from BOM 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 Mumbai

Settled in advance, so the ride into Mumbai costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

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 Mumbai Central railway station

Most of the points near Mumbai Central railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Johannesburg to Mumbai

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 Johannesburg to Mumbai?

The fastest journey from Johannesburg to Mumbai takes 12h 38m door to door, of which 9h 29m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 13h 16m, 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 Johannesburg to Mumbai?

The cheapest fare from Johannesburg to Mumbai is €563.59, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €955.94. 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 Johannesburg to Mumbai?

The cheapest way from Johannesburg to Mumbai is by flight, at €563.59 for one passenger on October 7, 2026. That journey takes 12h 39m 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 Johannesburg to Mumbai?

Fares from Johannesburg to Mumbai bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €506.95. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 225 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Johannesburg to Mumbai?

Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Johannesburg to Mumbai, at €873.34. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Johannesburg to Mumbai?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Johannesburg to Mumbai, at €548.25 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 Johannesburg to Mumbai?

No operator record names Johannesburg to Mumbai directly. South African Airways 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 Johannesburg to Mumbai?

20 percent of the services we sell from Johannesburg to Mumbai are direct. The rest connect at Addis Ababa, Abu Dhabi, Mahébourg, Nairobi, with about 46 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 Johannesburg to Mumbai use?

Services from Johannesburg to Mumbai by flight leave from Johannesburg JNB and arrive at Mumbai BOM. 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 Johannesburg to Mumbai?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Johannesburg to Mumbai 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 Johannesburg to Mumbai on September 18, 2026: 7193 km of route against 6984 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €563.59, and 12h 38m 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 Mumbai is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Mumbai and across India

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

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The two ends, compared

Johannesburg reaches 104 places in 45 countries on services we hold, over distances from 41 to 13,566 km. Mumbai reaches 135 places in 42 countries, from 41 to 12,538 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Johannesburg

  • 104Places you can leave for
  • 45Countries
  • 46Operators

Arriving in Mumbai

Leaving Mumbai

  • 135Places you can leave for
  • 42Countries
  • 58Operators

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