Travel to Kota Kinabalu
Every way to reach Kota Kinabalu: 1 mode compared, with fares.
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Kota Kinabalu is reachable from 29 places across 11 countries by 1 mode, on services run by 21 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €31.41 and the fastest takes 3h 50m door to door. The nearest origin is 174 km away.
How people reach Kota Kinabalu
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 54 | €31.41 | 3h 50m | 4,091 km | 21 |
- 29Places you can arrive from
- 11Countries
- 21Operators
The flight gets you into Kota Kinabalu. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Kota Kinabalu for the night the flight gets in
Sort by distance from Putatan railway station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.
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How far people travel to get here
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 2 | 4% | Bandar Seri Begawan, 174 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 8 | 15% | Sandakan, 227 km |
| 600 to 1,500 km | 10 | 19% | Sibu, 624 km |
| Over 1,500 km | 34 | 63% | Kota Bharu, 1529 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 22 | 41% |
| China | 10 | 19% |
| Indonesia | 4 | 7% |
| South Korea | 4 | 7% |
| Japan | 3 | 6% |
| Brunei | 2 | 4% |
| Hong Kong SAR China | 2 | 4% |
| Philippines | 2 | 4% |
| Singapore | 2 | 4% |
| Taiwan | 2 | 4% |
| Macao SAR China | 1 | 2% |
Stations, airports and ports in Kota Kinabalu
Kota Kinabalu
- Putatan railway station
- Secretariat railway station
- Tanjung Aru railway station
- Terminal Bas Kg Likas
- KK Central
- BKI
- Jesselton Point Waterfront
- Water Taxi and Boat Transport
The fare from BKI into Kota Kinabalu is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.
A car waiting when you land in Kota Kinabalu
Settled in advance, so the ride into Kota Kinabalu costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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The cheapest journeys into Kota Kinabalu
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandar Seri Begawan to Kota Kinabalu flight | €31.41 | 3h 50m | 174 km |
| Tawau to Kota Kinabalu flight | €33.18 | 3h 57m | 279 km |
| Sandakan to Kota Kinabalu flight | €33.77 | 3h 53m | 227 km |
| Miri to Kota Kinabalu flight | €44.98 | 4h | 289 km |
| Bintulu to Kota Kinabalu flight | €66.22 | 4h 14m | 459 km |
| Kuching to Kota Kinabalu flight | €79.20 | 4h 37m | 805 km |
| Sibu to Kota Kinabalu flight | €86.87 | 4h 29m | 624 km |
| Manila to Kota Kinabalu flight | €116.96 | 5h | 1,099 km |
| Singapore to Kota Kinabalu flight | €140.56 | 5h 29m | 1,453 km |
| Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu flight | €147.05 | 5h 41m | 1,625 km |
| Denpasar to Kota Kinabalu flight | €151.77 | 5h 48m | 1,629 km |
| Johor Bahru to Kota Kinabalu flight | €162.98 | 5h 34m | 1,455 km |
| Kampung Baru Subang to Kota Kinabalu flight | €166.52 | 5h 50m | 1,642 km |
| Hong Kong to Kota Kinabalu flight | €167.11 | 5h 57m | 1,824 km |
| Jakarta to Kota Kinabalu flight | €171.24 | 6h 1m | 1,699 km |
| George Town to Kota Kinabalu flight | €180.68 | 5h 50m | 1,742 km |
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Putatan railway station
Most of the points near Putatan railway station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Popular trips to Kota Kinabalu
Common questions about Travel to Kota Kinabalu
How can I get to Kota Kinabalu?
Kota Kinabalu is reachable by 1 mode on our network, from 29 places, across 11 countries, on services run by 21 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 Kota Kinabalu?
The cheapest way into Kota Kinabalu is by flight, from €31.41 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 29 origins we sell into Kota Kinabalu over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to Kota Kinabalu?
The fastest journey into Kota Kinabalu is by flight, at 3h 50m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 174 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Which stations and airports does Kota Kinabalu have?
Kota Kinabalu has 8 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 1 airports. Among them are Putatan railway station, Secretariat railway station, Tanjung Aru railway station. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
Where can I travel to Kota Kinabalu from within 200 km?
2 of the routes we sell into Kota Kinabalu start within 200 km. The nearest is Bandar Seri Begawan, 174 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 Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia?
Kota Kinabalu connects to 29 places on our network across 11 countries the furthest of them 4,091 km away in a straight line. Malaysia routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around 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.
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 Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances
Elsewhere in Malaysia
The wider region
Being on the water gives Kota Kinabalu a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
Day trips out of Kota Kinabalu and across Malaysia
Day trips that leave Kota Kinabalu in the morning and cover a good part of Malaysia by evening.
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