There are 6 ways to get from Brussels to Kigali by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Brussels Airport to Kigali International Airport
best- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane BRU - KGL
11h 26m$413–705Train to Luxembourg, fly to Kigali International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Bruxelles-Luxembourg to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane LUX - KGL
17h 8m$325–1,167Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Kigali International Airport
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane AMS - KGL
13h 5m$401–1,331Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly to Kigali International Airport
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane CDG - KGL
13h 3m$441–1,012Fly Brussels Airport to Bujumbura, bus
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Bujumbura (BJM)plane BRU - BJM
- Take the bus from Bujumbura to Nyabugogo Bus Stnbus
16h 2m$424–1,234Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Kigali International Airport
- Take the train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbftrain
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane DUS - KGL
16h 45m$335–1,219
Brussels Airport (BRU) to Kigali International Airport (KGL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Brussels to Kigali is to fly which costs $410 - $750 and takes 11h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Brussels to Kigali is to fly which takes 11h 26m and costs $410 - $750.
The distance between Brussels and Kigali is 6384 km.
It takes approximately 11h 26m to get from Brussels to Kigali, including transfers.
Kigali is 1h ahead of Brussels. It is currently 1:26 AM in Brussels and 2:26 AM in Kigali.
There are 886+ hotels available in Kigali.
What companies run services between Brussels, Belgium and Kigali, Rwanda?
Brussels Airlines, Egyptair, and Ethiopian Airlines fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Kigali International Airport (KGL) twice daily.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kigali International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Kigali International Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Kigali International Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Kigali International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
Flights from Luxembourg to Kigali International Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kigali International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kigali International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bujumbura via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,300
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,100
Flights from Luxembourg to Kigali International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 57m
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,100
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Brussels Airport to Bujumbura
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,400
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kigali International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Kigali International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Kigali International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Kigali International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,100
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,200
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussels-Nord to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–23
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 9126 301 90 70
- [email protected]
- Website
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
Train from Koeln Hbf to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- TRI Train Rental GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Luxembourg to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +250788351253
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bujumbura to Nyabugogo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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