There are 5 ways to get from Dubai to Tanga by plane, bus, taxi, or shuttle
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Fly Dubai International Airport to Mombasa, bus
best- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Mombasa (MBA)plane DXB - MBA
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Tangabus
12h 30m$302–588Fly Dubai International Airport to Ukunda, taxi, bus
cheapest- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Ukunda (UKA)plane DXB - UKA
- Take the taxi from Ukunda (UKA) to Mombasataxi
- Take the bus from Mombasa to Tangabus
15h 57m$281–742Fly Dubai International Airport to Tanga Airport
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Tanga Airport (TGT)plane DXB - TGT
10h$434–1,207Fly Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport, bus
- Fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR)plane DXB - DAR
- Take the bus from Dar es Salaam to Tangabus
14h 26m$355–473Shuttle to Abu Dhabi, fly to Tanga Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Fly from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Tanga Airport (TGT)plane AUH - TGT
11h 55m$314–918
Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Mombasa (MBA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dubai to Tanga is to fly and bus which costs $300 - $600 and takes 12h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Dubai to Tanga is to fly which takes 10h and costs $430 - $1,300.
The distance between Dubai and Tanga is 3868 km.
It takes approximately 12h 30m to get from Dubai to Tanga, including transfers.
Tanga is 1h behind Dubai. It is currently 8:59 PM in Dubai and 7:59 PM in Tanga.
There are 20+ hotels available in Tanga.
What companies run services between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Tanga, Tanzania?
Air Tanzania, Auric Air Services Limited, and two other airlines fly from Dubai International Airport (DXB) to Tanga Airport (TGT) 3 times a day.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Mombasa via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–850
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Ukunda via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Ukunda via Addis Ababa, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–850
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Ukunda via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
- Website
- auricair.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Tanga Airport via Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,200
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Tanga Airport via Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Tanga Airport via Zanzibar, Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Tanga Airport via Nairobi, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Tanga Airport via Julius Nyerere International Airport, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Tanga Airport via Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–900
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Tanga Airport via Doha, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Tanga Airport via Nairobi, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Tanga Airport via Julius Nyerere International Airport, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from Abu Dhabi to Tanga Airport via Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–900
- Website
- jambojet.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Ukunda via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Ukunda via Addis Ababa, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–850
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Ukunda via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–900
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–750
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Mombasa via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $340–1,000
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–750
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–750
- Website
- flydubai.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–900
- Website
- charterlines.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Tanga Airport via Nairobi, Zanzibar
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Dubai International Airport to Julius Nyerere International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
- Phone
- 0799 933 310
- Website
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Mombasa to Tanga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Dar es Salaam to Tanga
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–21
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
Bus from Mombasa to Tanga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10
- Schedules at
- tawakalcoaches.co.ke
- Website
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
Shuttle from Dubai - Ibn Battuta Mall to Abu Dhabi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–11
- Schedules at
- zayedinternationalairport.ae
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Estimated price
- $100–130
Broadafrica Tours & Safaris
- Phone
- +254 722429225
- Website
- broadafrica.com
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