Nairobi to Bujumbura runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €73.30 and €83.33, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 42m over 886 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€73.30 to €83.33
- 129%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Nairobi
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.
- 06:25First departure
- 07:30Last departure
- 4Services per day
- 50%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €167.70Sat19
- about €185.40Sun20
- about €115.78Mon21
- about €113.42Tue22
- about €139.97Wed23
- about €195.43Thu24
- about €113.42Fri25
- about €126.99Sat26
- about €125.81Sun27
- about €91.00Mon28
- about €109.29Tue29
- about €105.16Wed30
- about €137.61Thu1
- about €97.49Fri2
- about €109.88Sat3
- about €99.26Sun4
- about €92.77Mon5
- about €73.30Tue6
- about €74.48Wed7
- about €105.16Thu8
- about €106.34Fri9
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 Bujumbura. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Bujumbura for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Bujumbura Bus Station (Siyoni) and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Nairobi to Bujumbura
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €104.5790 days
- €73.3060 days
- €73.8945 days
- €93.9530 days
- €106.3421 days
- €97.4914 days
- €113.427 days
- €115.783 days
- €167.701 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €73.30.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 129 percent. The most expensive point is €167.70, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Nairobi to Bujumbura and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
886 km
860 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs west.
Who lives at each end
4,397,073 → 769,317
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 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
- 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 886 km against 860 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 Entebbe, Kigali. The gap between arriving and leaving is 70 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 14 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.
The fare from BJM into Bujumbura is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Bujumbura
Settled in advance, so the ride into Bujumbura 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.
Baggage storage near Bujumbura Bus Station (Siyoni)
Most of the points near Bujumbura Bus Station (Siyoni) open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Nairobi to Bujumbura
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 Nairobi to Bujumbura?
The fastest journey from Nairobi to Bujumbura takes 4h 42m door to door, of which 1h 35m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 47m, 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 Nairobi to Bujumbura?
The cheapest fare from Nairobi to Bujumbura is €73.30, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €116.37. 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 Nairobi to Bujumbura?
The cheapest way from Nairobi to Bujumbura is by flight, at €73.30 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 4h 45m 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 Nairobi to Bujumbura?
Fares from Nairobi to Bujumbura bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €73.30. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 129 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 Nairobi to Bujumbura?
Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Nairobi to Bujumbura, at €92.77. 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 Nairobi to Bujumbura?
December is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Nairobi to Bujumbura, at €75.66 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 Nairobi to Bujumbura?
No operator record names Nairobi to Bujumbura directly. Brussels Airlines, Kenya Airways 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 Nairobi to Bujumbura?
50 percent of the services we sell from Nairobi to Bujumbura are direct. The rest connect at Entebbe, Kigali, with about 70 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 Nairobi to Bujumbura use?
Services from Nairobi to Bujumbura by flight leave from Nairobi NBO and arrive at Bujumbura BJM. 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 Nairobi to Bujumbura?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Nairobi to Bujumbura 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 Nairobi to Bujumbura on September 18, 2026: 886 km of route against 860 km in a straight line, 4 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €73.30, and 4h 42m 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 Bujumbura a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Bujumbura and across Burundi
Day trips that leave Bujumbura in the morning and cover a good part of Burundi by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Nairobi reaches 84 places in 48 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 14,445 km. Bujumbura reaches 5 places in 5 countries, from 177 to 6,483 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Nairobi
- 84Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 33Operators
Arriving in Bujumbura
Leaving Bujumbura
- 5Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 4Operators