Nouakchott to Nouadhibou

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou. From €40.26, fastest 4h 1m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Nouakchott to Nouadhibou runs about 1 times a day, with the first departure around 06:49 and the last around 06:49. One passenger pays between €40.26 and €42.03, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 1m over 347 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for October 3, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€40.26 to €42.03

  • 157%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Nouakchott

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.

  • 06:49First departure
  • 06:49Last departure
  • 1Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €88.64Tue15
  2. about €60.91Wed16
  3. about €100.44Thu17
  4. about €75.07Fri18
  5. about €66.81Sat19
  6. about €68.58Sun20
  7. about €62.68Mon21
  8. about €54.42Tue22
  9. about €56.78Wed23
  10. about €59.14Thu24
  11. about €57.37Fri25
  12. about €57.96Sat26
  13. about €62.09Sun27
  14. about €42.03Mon28
  15. about €46.16Tue29
  16. about €48.52Wed30
  17. about €56.19Thu1
  18. about €51.47Fri2
  19. about €40.26Sat3
  20. about €44.39Sun4
  21. about €44.39Mon5

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 Nouadhibou. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Nouadhibou for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Nouadhibou railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Nouakchott to Nouadhibou

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €42.6290 days
  2. €43.8060 days
  3. €46.7545 days
  4. €39.0830 days
  5. €44.3921 days
  6. €42.0314 days
  7. €62.687 days
  8. €100.443 days
  9. €88.641 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €39.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 157 percent. The most expensive point is €100.44, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€100.44€39.081371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Nouakchott to Nouadhibou 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

347 km

336 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north.

Who lives at each end

1,184,530146,048

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

NouakchottNouakchottNouadhibouNouadhibou
The journey

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 347 km against 336 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.

The fare from NDB into Nouadhibou is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Nouadhibou

Settled in advance, so the ride into Nouadhibou 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.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Nouadhibou railway station

Most of the points near Nouadhibou railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Nouakchott to Nouadhibou

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 Nouakchott to Nouadhibou?

The fastest journey from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou takes 4h 1m door to door, of which 53m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 4m, 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 Nouakchott to Nouadhibou?

The cheapest fare from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou is €40.26, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €57.37. 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 Nouakchott to Nouadhibou?

The cheapest way from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou is by flight, at €42.03 for one passenger on October 3, 2026. That journey takes 4h 3m 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 Nouakchott to Nouadhibou?

Fares from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €39.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 157 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 Nouakchott to Nouadhibou?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou, at €44.39. 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 Nouakchott to Nouadhibou?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou, at €35.54 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 Nouakchott to Nouadhibou?

1 operators sell services from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou across 1 mode: Mauritania Airlines International. 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 Nouakchott to Nouadhibou?

Every service we sell from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou is direct, with around 1 departure a day and a fastest journey of 4h 1m 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 Nouakchott to Nouadhibou use?

Services from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou by flight leave from Nouakchott NKC and arrive at Nouadhibou NDB. 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 Nouakchott to Nouadhibou?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Nouakchott to Nouadhibou 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 Nouakchott to Nouadhibou on September 14, 2026: 347 km of route against 336 km in a straight line, 1 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €40.26, and 4h 1m 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 Nouadhibou is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Nouadhibou and across Mauritania

Day trips that leave Nouadhibou in the morning and cover a good part of Mauritania by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Nouakchott reaches 10 places in 9 countries on services we hold, over distances from 336 to 4,964 km. Nouadhibou reaches 3 places in 2 countries, from 336 to 813 km.

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Arriving in Nouadhibou

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