Mombasa to Kisumu

The fastest journey from Mombasa to Kisumu takes 4h 50m door to door, of which 2h 21m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 58m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

The cheapest fare from Mombasa to Kisumu is €71.84, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €118.41. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

The cheapest way from Mombasa to Kisumu is by train, at €71.84 for one passenger on October 12, 2026. That journey takes 7h 8m 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.

The fastest way from Mombasa to Kisumu is by flight, at 5h 3m door to door. Only 2h 21m of that is spent moving; the remaining 2h 42m is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. The cheapest fare on that mode is €99.26.

Fares from Mombasa to Kisumu bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €72.39. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 160 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Mombasa to Kisumu, at €82.29. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 22, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

November is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Mombasa to Kisumu, at €62.49 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.

3 operators sell services from Mombasa to Kisumu across 2 modes: Fly540, Jambojet Limited, Kenya 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.

0 percent of the services we sell from Mombasa to Kisumu are direct. The rest connect at Eldoret, Nairobi, with about 45 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Traveling from Mombasa to Kisumu by train produces about 71.2 kg of CO2 per passenger, the lowest of any mode on this corridor. The same journey by Flight produces about 155.1 kg, roughly 2 times as much for one passenger.

Services from Mombasa to Kisumu by flight leave from Moi International Airport MBA and arrive at Kisumu station. Allow about 1h 57m 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.

1 of the 3 operators we sell from Mombasa to Kisumu 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.