Lowest CO2€64.14
- China Railway Group CR428906:043h 59m10:03Addis Abeba train stationDjibouti station
Door to door 4h 43mCO2 18.4 kgChanges 0Refundable
Addis Ababa to Djibouti train
Trains from Addis Ababa to Djibouti start at €64.14 and take 4h 43m at their fastest.
Check dates and fares
Fares and seats move by the day. Price Addis Ababa to Djibouti on the date you actually want, rather than on the date this page was built.
The Trains from Addis Ababa to Djibouti starts at €64.14 and takes 4h 43m door to door, run by 1 operator over 559 km, with around 5 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 90 days before departure.
- 4h 43mDoor to door
- 3h 59mMoving
- €78.44 to €176.34From
- 06:04 to 07:30First and last departure
- 5Per day
- 18.4 kgCO2
First and last are taken from the services we sell on October 5, 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.
€78.44 to €176.34 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.
Buying this trip
We have not found anyone selling Addis Ababa to Djibouti online. Tickets for this leg are bought at the station or from a local agent.
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €165.89Fri18
- about €176.34Sat19
- about €133.44Sun20
- about €107.04Mon21
- about €102.64Tue22
- about €122.44Wed23
- about €154.89Thu24
- about €96.04Fri25
- about €119.14Sat26
- about €91.09Sun27
- about €86.14Mon28
- about €88.89Tue29
- about €78.44Wed30
- about €100.44Thu1
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 cheapest and the fastest on October 5, 2026
Rail operators
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China Railway Group | €64.14 | 4h 34m | 140 km/h | Refundable | Power outlets, Wi-Fi |
The train gets you into Djibouti. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Djibouti for the night the train gets in
Sort by distance from Transport to Somaliland and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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When to book Addis Ababa to Djibouti
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €56.1990 days
- €56.1960 days
- €60.3245 days
- €61.5030 days
- €75.1421 days
- €100.4414 days
- €112.247 days
- €114.603 days
- €165.891 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €56.19.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 195 percent. The most expensive point is €165.89, 1 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.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €76.84Sun
- €71.53Mon
- €79.20Tue
- €71.53Wed
- €100.44Thu
- €86.87Fri
- €81.56Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
Addis Ababa
Rail
- Addis Abeba train station
- Furi-Lebu Railway Station
What the journey looks like
- Direct or connecting
- 33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 559 km against 559 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Ārabī, Mojo, Dire Dawa, Debre Birhan. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is ours to fix and you are rebooked at no charge.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Addis Ababa at 06:04 and the last at 07:30, across 5 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Trains against the other ways to make this journey
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 20m | 1h 10m | 3h 10m | €54.42 | 141.7 kg | 1 |
| Train | 4h 43m | 3h 59m | 44m | €64.14 | 18.4 kg | 5 |
Questions about Addis Ababa to Djibouti
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 the Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti take?
The Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti takes 4h 43m door to door, of which 3h 59m is spent moving. The route runs 559 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti cost?
The Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti starts at €64.14 for one passenger, as of September 17, 2026. A typical fare is €82.84. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti?
1 operators run the Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti: China Railway Group. Between them they file around 5 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti use?
The Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti leaves from Addis Abeba train station and arrives at Djibouti station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Train the best way from Addis Ababa to Djibouti?
Traveling from Addis Ababa to Djibouti by Flight costs €54.42 and takes 4h 20m door to door, against 4h 43m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti?
Fares for the Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €56.19. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 195 percent, measured on September 17, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti produce?
The Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti produces about 18.4 kg of CO2 per passenger over 559 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti?
Operators on the Train from Addis Ababa to Djibouti publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 4h 43m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
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
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Addis Ababa to Djibouti on September 17, 2026: 559 km of route against 559 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €64.14, and 4h 43m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
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