Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:29 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €66.22 and €82.29, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 34m over 760 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 6, 2026
€66.22 to €82.29
- 223%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Lubumbashi
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.
- 06:29First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 5Services per day
- 20%Run direct
SNCC runs this service and does not sell it here. Bookaway takes the payment.
Buying this trip
Bookaway lists departures for Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi 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 €183.63Sat19
- about €173.01Sun20
- about €126.40Mon21
- about €118.73Tue22
- about €125.81Wed23
- about €160.03Thu24
- about €136.43Fri25
- about €115.78Sat26
- about €118.73Sun27
- about €95.13Mon28
- about €89.82Tue29
- about €90.41Wed30
- about €100.44Thu1
- about €95.72Fri2
- about €103.98Sat3
- about €78.61Sun4
- about €85.10Mon5
- about €66.22Tue6
- about €88.05Wed7
- about €98.67Thu8
- about €84.51Fri9
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 Mbuji-Mayi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Mbuji-Mayi for the night the flight gets in
The search opens on Mbuji-Mayi with your nights already filled in, so it is one step to a real price.
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When to book Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €84.5190 days
- €69.1760 days
- €56.7845 days
- €86.2830 days
- €84.5121 days
- €95.7214 days
- €136.437 days
- €126.403 days
- €183.631 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €56.78.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 223 percent. The most expensive point is €183.63, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 45 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi 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
760 km
748 km as the crow flies, 2% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
2,221,925 → 2,101,332
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
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 760 km against 748 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Bukama, Gandajika, Likasi, Kamina. 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.
Mbuji-Mayi is large, and the road in from MJM can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Mbuji-Mayi
Settled in advance, so the ride into Mbuji-Mayi 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.
Where to leave your bags in Mbuji-Mayi
Stores, cafes and hotels that take luggage, with the hours on the map so you know what is still open when you come back.
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Questions about Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi
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 Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi?
The fastest journey from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi takes 4h 34m door to door, of which 1h 30m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 26m, 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 Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi?
The cheapest fare from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi is €66.22, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €124.92. 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 Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi?
The cheapest way from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi is by flight, at €66.22 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 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.
What is the fastest way to get from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi?
The fastest way from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi is by flight, at 4h 40m door to door. Only 1h 30m 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 €66.22.
When should I book Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi?
Fares from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi bottom out around 45 days before departure, at €56.78. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 223 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 Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi, at €89.82. 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 Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi, at €61.50 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 Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi?
No operator record names Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi directly. Baikotovitchestrian Airlines, SNCC 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 Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi?
33 percent of the services we sell from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi are direct. The rest connect at Bukama, Gandajika, Likasi, Kamina, 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 Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi produce?
Traveling from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi by train produces about 24.7 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 189.7 kg, roughly 8 times as much for one passenger.
Which station or terminal do services from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi use?
Services from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi by flight leave from Lubumbashi FBM and arrive at Mbuji-Mayi MJM. 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 Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi?
1 of the 2 operators we sell from Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi 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 Lubumbashi to Mbuji-Mayi on September 18, 2026: 760 km of route against 748 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €66.22, and 4h 34m 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 Mbuji-Mayi is somebody else's catalog.
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The two ends, compared
Lubumbashi reaches 21 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 110 to 2,616 km. Mbuji-Mayi reaches 21 places in 1 countries, from 79 to 938 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Lubumbashi
- 21Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 5Operators
Arriving in Mbuji-Mayi
Leaving Mbuji-Mayi
- 21Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 2Operators