Kota Kinabalu to Busan runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:38 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €301.63 and €365.35, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 6m over 3,605 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares
€301.63 to €365.35
- 164%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Kota Kinabalu
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.
- 06:38First 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
- about €619.64Tue15
- about €600.76Wed16
- about €728.20Thu17
- about €594.86Fri18
- about €606.66Sat19
- about €581.88Sun20
- about €497.51Mon21
- about €418.45Tue22
- about €416.68Wed23
- about €502.23Thu24
- about €497.51Fri25
- about €610.20Sat26
- about €461.52Sun27
- about €365.35Mon28
- about €301.63Tue29
- about €334.08Wed30
- about €397.80Thu1
- about €372.43Fri2
- about €333.49Sat3
- about €348.24Sun4
- about €303.99Mon5
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 Busan. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Busan for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Kota Kinabalu to Busan
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €387.7790 days
- €276.2660 days
- €360.0445 days
- €280.9830 days
- €303.9921 days
- €365.3514 days
- €497.517 days
- €728.203 days
- €619.641 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €276.26.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 164 percent. The most expensive point is €728.20, 3 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 Kota Kinabalu to Busan and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.
The shape of it
3,605 km
3,500 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.
Who lives at each end
500,421 → 3,285,147
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
Observed
Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.
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
- 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 3,605 km against 3,500 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 Shanghai, Manila, Taipei, Daegu. The gap between arriving and leaving is 57 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 17 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.
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 Busan station
Most of the points near Busan station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Kota Kinabalu to Busan
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 Kota Kinabalu to Busan?
The fastest journey from Kota Kinabalu to Busan takes 8h 6m door to door, of which 5h 9m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 32m, 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 Kota Kinabalu to Busan?
The cheapest fare from Kota Kinabalu to Busan is €301.63, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €510.49. 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 Kota Kinabalu to Busan?
The cheapest way from Kota Kinabalu to Busan is by flight, at €365.35 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 8h 19m 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 Kota Kinabalu to Busan?
Fares from Kota Kinabalu to Busan bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €276.26. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 164 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 Kota Kinabalu to Busan?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Kota Kinabalu to Busan, at €365.35. 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 Kota Kinabalu to Busan?
February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Kota Kinabalu to Busan, at €243.80 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 Kota Kinabalu to Busan?
1 operators sell services from Kota Kinabalu to Busan across 1 mode: Air Busan. 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 Kota Kinabalu to Busan?
20 percent of the services we sell from Kota Kinabalu to Busan are direct. The rest connect at Shanghai, Manila, Taipei, Daegu, with about 57 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 Kota Kinabalu to Busan use?
Services from Kota Kinabalu to Busan by flight leave from Kota Kinabalu BKI and arrive at Busan PUS. 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 Kota Kinabalu to Busan?
0 of the 1 operators we sell from Kota Kinabalu to Busan 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 Kota Kinabalu to Busan on September 14, 2026: 3605 km of route against 3500 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €301.63, and 8h 6m 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 Busan a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Busan and across South Korea
Day trips that leave Busan in the morning and cover a good part of South Korea by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Kota Kinabalu reaches 29 places in 11 countries on services we hold, over distances from 174 to 4,091 km. Busan reaches 55 places in 15 countries, from 94 to 4,574 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Kota Kinabalu
- 29Places you can leave for
- 11Countries
- 21Operators
Arriving in Busan
Leaving Busan
- 55Places you can leave for
- 15Countries
- 23Operators