Moshi to Mombasa runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 07:30 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays €37.19, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 4h 34m over 556 km, on services run by 3 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €37.19, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares · Priced for October 13, 2026
€37.19
- 151%Moves across the booking window
151%When it runs, leaving Moshi
Typical first and last departure on this corridor.
- 07:30First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 0%Run direct
07:30
07:30
2
0%Departure times on this route
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Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €93.29Wed23
- about €107.04Thu24
- about €91.64Fri25
- about €81.74Sat26
- about €70.74Sun27
- about €55.89Mon28
- about €65.79Tue29
- about €52.04Wed30
- about €64.69Thu1
- about €66.34Fri2
- about €64.69Sat3
- about €50.94Sun4
- about €44.89Mon5
- about €44.89Tue6
- about €49.84Wed7
- about €48.19Thu8
- about €44.34Fri9
- about €45.99Sat10
- about €42.69Sun11
- about €38.83Mon12
- about €37.19Tue13
Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.
The train gets you into Mombasa. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.
A room in Mombasa for the night the train gets in
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When to book Moshi to Mombasa
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €47.6490 days
- €41.5960 days
- €37.7445 days
- €52.0430 days
- €37.1921 days
- €44.8914 days
- €65.797 days
- €91.643 days
- €93.291 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €37.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 151 percent. The most expensive point is €93.29, 1 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Moshi to Mombasa 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
556 km
270 km as the crow flies, 106% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.
Who lives at each end
221,733 → 1,208,333
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
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
- 0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 556 km against 270 km in a straight line, a detour of 106 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Zanzibar, Arusha. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 14 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. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
Mombasa is large, and the road in from MBA can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Mombasa
Settled in advance, so the ride into Mombasa costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Mombasa Terminus
Most of the points near Mombasa Terminus open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Moshi to Mombasa
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 Moshi to Mombasa?
The fastest journey from Moshi to Mombasa takes 4h 34m door to door, of which 1h 32m is spent moving, on the train. Most services take around 5h 42m, 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 Moshi to Mombasa?
The cheapest fare from Moshi to Mombasa is €37.19, as of September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €84.77. 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 Moshi to Mombasa?
The cheapest way from Moshi to Mombasa is by train, at €37.19 for one passenger on October 13, 2026. That journey takes 4h 35m 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 Moshi to Mombasa?
Fares from Moshi to Mombasa bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €37.19. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 151 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Moshi to Mombasa?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Moshi to Mombasa, at €44.89. 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.
Which month is cheapest for Moshi to Mombasa?
January is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Moshi to Mombasa, at €36.09 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 Moshi to Mombasa?
3 operators sell services from Moshi to Mombasa across 1 mode: Ethiopian Airlines, Fly540, Tanzania 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.
Is there a direct service from Moshi to Mombasa?
0 percent of the services we sell from Moshi to Mombasa are direct. The rest connect at Zanzibar, Arusha, with about 53 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 Moshi to Mombasa use?
Services from Moshi to Mombasa by train leave from Moshi station and arrive at Moi International Airport MBA. 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.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Moshi to Mombasa?
1 of the 3 operators we sell from Moshi to Mombasa 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 names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.
Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labeled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Moshi to Mombasa on September 22, 2026: 556 km of route against 270 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €37.19, and 4h 34m 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 Mombasa a set of days out that do not start at a station.
Day trips out of Mombasa and across Kenya
Day trips that leave Mombasa in the morning and cover a good part of Kenya by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Moshi reaches 17 places in 2 countries on services we hold, over distances from 72 to 533 km. Mombasa reaches 33 places in 12 countries, from 87 to 7,075 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Moshi
- 17Places you can leave for
- 2Countries
- 1Operators
2
1Arriving in Mombasa
Leaving Mombasa
- 33Places you can leave for
- 12Countries
- 13Operators