Ndola to Lubumbashi runs about 2 times a day, with the first departure around 06:09 and the last around 06:35. One passenger pays €31.41, every fee included. The fastest door to door is 3h 50m over 197 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at €31.41, so there is no spread to show.
Typical fares
€31.41
- 51%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Ndola
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.
- 06:09First departure
- 06:35Last departure
- 2Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €44.39Tue15
- about €42.03Wed16
- about €47.34Thu17
- about €40.26Fri18
- about €50.29Sat19
- about €38.49Sun20
- about €39.67Mon21
- about €31.41Tue22
- about €31.41Wed23
- about €37.31Thu24
- about €35.54Fri25
- about €33.77Sat26
- about €31.41Sun27
- about €31.41Mon28
- about €31.41Tue29
- about €31.41Wed30
- about €31.41Thu1
- about €31.41Fri2
- about €31.41Sat3
- about €31.41Sun4
- about €31.41Mon5
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 Lubumbashi. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Lubumbashi for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Ndola to Lubumbashi
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €31.4190 days
- €31.4160 days
- €31.4145 days
- €31.4130 days
- €31.4121 days
- €31.4114 days
- €39.677 days
- €47.343 days
- €44.391 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €31.41.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 51 percent. The most expensive point is €47.34, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 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 14 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Ndola to Lubumbashi 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
197 km
191 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-west.
Who lives at each end
627,503 → 2,221,925
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.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 197 km against 191 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Lubumbashi is large, and the road in from FBM can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Lubumbashi
Settled in advance, so the ride into Lubumbashi 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 Mulykap
Most of the points near Mulykap open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Ndola to Lubumbashi
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 Ndola to Lubumbashi?
The fastest journey from Ndola to Lubumbashi takes 3h 50m door to door, of which 40m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 3h 51m, 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 Ndola to Lubumbashi?
The cheapest fare from Ndola to Lubumbashi is €31.41, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €35.25. 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 Ndola to Lubumbashi?
The cheapest way from Ndola to Lubumbashi is by flight, at €31.41 for one passenger on September 22, 2026. That journey takes 3h 50m 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 Ndola to Lubumbashi?
Fares from Ndola to Lubumbashi bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €31.41. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 51 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 Ndola to Lubumbashi?
Sunday is the cheapest day to depart from Ndola to Lubumbashi, at €31.41. 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 Ndola to Lubumbashi?
October is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Ndola to Lubumbashi, at €31.41 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 Ndola to Lubumbashi?
2 operators sell services from Ndola to Lubumbashi across 1 mode: Ethiopian Airlines, Kenya Airways. 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 Ndola to Lubumbashi?
Every service we sell from Ndola to Lubumbashi is direct, with around 2 departures a day and a fastest journey of 3h 50m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Ndola to Lubumbashi use?
Services from Ndola to Lubumbashi by flight leave from Ndola NLA and arrive at Lubumbashi FBM. 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 Ndola to Lubumbashi?
0 of the 2 operators we sell from Ndola to Lubumbashi 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 Ndola to Lubumbashi on September 14, 2026: 197 km of route against 191 km in a straight line, 2 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €31.41, and 3h 50m 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 Lubumbashi is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Lubumbashi and across Congo - Kinshasa
Day trips that leave Lubumbashi in the morning and cover a good part of Congo - Kinshasa by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Ndola reaches 21 places in 5 countries on services we hold, over distances from 49 to 2,687 km. Lubumbashi reaches 21 places in 5 countries, from 110 to 2,616 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Ndola
- 21Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 6Operators
Arriving in Lubumbashi
Leaving Lubumbashi
- 21Places you can leave for
- 5Countries
- 5Operators