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If your flying dates are flexible, you should consider flying to Zanzibar on a Sunday, as we generally find the cheapest rates on that day for this route. On the other hand, Saturday is the most expensive day to fly from Nairobi to Zanzibar. For your return ticket, we recommend flying on a Monday and avoiding Tuesdays for the best deals.

The cheapest month for flights from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport to Zanzibar is October, where tickets cost £218 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are June and August, where the average cost of round-trip tickets is £328 and £319 respectively.

No, with an average price for the route of £293, prices are generally cheapest when you fly direct.

To get a below average price on the flight from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport to Zanzibar, you should book around 5 weeks before departure, which saves you about 13% compared to booking last minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 17 weeks before departure.

In the past 5 days, the cheapest return tickets from Nairobi to Zanzibar were found on Kenya Airways (£227) and Air Tanzania (£229).

Nairobi and Zanzibar are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Kenya Airways (22 flights per week), Flightlink (7 flights per week), and Precision Air (6 flights per week).

Weekly flights between Nairobi and Zanzibar historically see delays in approximately 29% of cases, with the average delay over the past year being 109 minutes.

Typically, flights leaving in the morning tend to face fewer delays, whereas flights in the early afternoon have historically encountered delays more often.

Statistically, Wednesday is the day of the week with the fewest delays on this flight route, while Friday has typically experienced more delays than other days.

Based on our data, Kenya Airways have experienced the fewest delays on this route in the past 12 months, with only about 23% of their flights encountering any delays.

There are 2 cabin class options for the route. These are Business and Economy. Perform a search on KAYAK to find the latest prices and availability for all cabin fares, which differ across airlines.

Each day, there are between 4 and 6 direct flights that take off from Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta Intl Airport and land in Zanzibar, with an average flight time of 1h 23m. The most common departure time is 16:00 and most flights take off in the evening. Each week, there are 39 flights. The most frequent day of departure is Monday, when 15% of all weekly flights depart. The fewest flights depart on a Tuesday.