Travel to Harar

Every way to reach Harar: 1 modes compared, with fares.

Harar is reachable from 14 places across 2 countries by 1 mode, on services run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €11.88 and the fastest takes 1h 9m door to door. The nearest origin is 42 km away.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Harar

Every mode that actually calls at Harar, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train28€11.881h 9m387 km1
  • 14Places you can arrive from
  • 14Places you can leave for
  • 2Countries
  • 1Operators

The trip ends at Selam Bus (Harar Office). Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

Looking for somewhere to stay in Harar?

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km621%Dire Dawa, 42 km
200 to 600 km2279%Balbala, 272 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Harar that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Ethiopia2486%
Djibouti414%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Harar

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Harar

Bus
  • Selam Bus (Harar Office)
  • Hamaresa Bus Station
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Harar

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Harar, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Dire Dawa to Harar train€11.881h 9m42 km
Jijiga to Harar train€12.991h 27m75 km
Ārabī to Harar train€14.641h 31m83 km
Balbala to Harar train€42.693h 12m272 km
Djibouti to Harar train€43.793h 12m277 km
Debre Berhan to Harar train€44.893h 13m286 km
Nazrēt to Harar train€50.943h 29m325 km
Kombolcha to Harar train€50.943h 26m326 km
Dessie to Harar train€53.143h 49m339 km
Mojo to Harar train€53.143h 33m339 km
Bishoftu to Harar train€54.793h 39m350 km
Addis Ababa to Harar train€58.093h 41m371 km
Burayu to Harar train€59.193h 54m381 km
Sebeta to Harar train€60.294h 6m387 km

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Harar

Most of the points near Selam Bus (Harar Office) open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Popular trips to Harar

Common questions about Travel to Harar

How can I get to Harar?

Harar is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 14 places, across 2 countries, on services run by 1 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Harar?

The cheapest way into Harar is by Train, from €11.88 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 14 origins we sell into Harar over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Harar?

The fastest journey into Harar is by Train, at 1h 9m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 42 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Harar have?

Harar has 2 named terminals on our network, including 0 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are . Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Harar from within 200 km?

6 of the routes we sell into Harar start within 200 km. The nearest is Dire Dawa, 42 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Harar in Ethiopia?

Harar connects to 14 places on our network across 2 countries, the furthest of them 387 km away in a straight line. Ethiopia routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Ethiopia

The wider region

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Harar afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Anything to book in Harar before you go?

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

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