Kigali to Lagos

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Kigali to Lagos. From €311.66, fastest 7h 36m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Kigali to Lagos costs €311.66 at the cheapest and takes 7h 36m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 1 operator. The route covers 3,197 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 27, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
3,197 km
Fastest
7h 36m
Average
7h 56m
Services per day
2
Cheapest
€311.66
CO2 per passenger
473.2 kg
Door to door

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 27, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight7h 40m4h 30m3h 10m€344.11473.2 kg2
  • 7h 40mFastest, by Flight
  • €344.11Cheapest, by Flight
  • 473.2 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 3,197 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 27, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€311.66
  1. Rwandair Express RE473106:524h 30m11:22Kigali KGLLagos LOS

Door to door 7h 40mCO2 473.2 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

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 Kigali to Lagos
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Kigali to LagosSatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23ThuSep 24FriSep 25
Flight€611.38€572.44€542.94€424.94€442.05€495.74€539.99€407.83€472.73€375.38€344.11€357.09€535.86€380.10

Cheapest day: 2026-09-27 · €311.66

Lagos is big enough that where you sleep decides what the days look like. We sell the seat, not the room.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Lagos Terminus Railway Station

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Kigali to Lagos

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

  1. €361.8190 days
  2. €265.0560 days
  3. €296.9145 days
  4. €278.6230 days
  5. €383.0521 days
  6. €380.1014 days
  7. €539.997 days
  8. €542.943 days
  9. €611.381 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €265.05.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 131 percent. The most expensive point is €611.38, 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.
€611.38€265.051371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €472.73Sun
  2. €375.38Mon
  3. €344.11Tue
  4. €387.77Wed
  5. €495.74Thu
  6. €383.05Fri
  7. €407.83Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €424.94Sep
  2. €314.61Oct
  3. €240.86Nov
  4. €247.35Dec
  5. €325.82Jan
  6. €204.87Feb

The route

KigaliKigaliLagosLagos
The journey

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
50% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 50% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,197 km against 3,104 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 Nairobi. The gap between arriving and leaving is 91 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 11 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 Kigali at 06:52 and the last at 07:30, across 2 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Kigali

Bus
  • Kigali CBD Bus Station
  • Nyanza Bus Station
Air
  • KGL

Lagos

Rail
  • Lagos Terminus Railway Station
  • Ikeja Station
  • Marina Station
Bus
  • Ikotun Terminal
  • Costain Bus stop
Air
  • LOS
Ferry
  • isoda
  • Jemuje

The fare from LOS into Lagos is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from LOS into Lagos

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Rwandair Express€311.667h 36m740 km/hFixed fareNot published
  • Rwandair Express
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-27, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€256.5082%
Taxes€46.1715%
Supplier fees€7.002%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€311.66100%

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Somewhere to drop the bags in Lagos?

Most of the points near Lagos Terminus Railway Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Kigali to Lagos

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 Kigali to Lagos?

The fastest journey from Kigali to Lagos takes 7h 36m door to door, of which 4h 30m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 7h 56m, 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 Kigali to Lagos?

The cheapest fare from Kigali to Lagos is €311.66, checked on September 27, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €398.98. 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 Kigali to Lagos?

The cheapest way from Kigali to Lagos is by Flight, at €344.11 for one passenger on September 27, 2026. That journey takes 7h 40m 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 Kigali to Lagos?

Fares from Kigali to Lagos bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €265.05. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 131 percent, measured on September 27, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Kigali to Lagos?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Kigali to Lagos, at €344.11. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 27, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Kigali to Lagos?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kigali to Lagos, at €204.87 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 Kigali to Lagos?

1 operators sell services from Kigali to Lagos across 1 modes: Rwandair Express. 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 Kigali to Lagos?

50 percent of the services we sell from Kigali to Lagos are direct. The rest connect at Nairobi, with about 91 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 Kigali to Lagos use?

Services from Kigali to Lagos by Flight leave from Kigali KGL and arrive at Lagos LOS. 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 Kigali to Lagos?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Kigali to Lagos 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 Kigali to Lagos on September 11, 2026: 3197 km of route against 3104 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €311.66, and 7h 36m 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 Lagos are the half people leave until last.

A guided tour group

What to book in Lagos before you go

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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