There are 6 ways to get from San Francisco to Mbale by plane, bus, car, or taxi
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Fly San Francisco International Airport to Kisumu International Airport, bus, drive
best- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Kisumu International Airport (KIS)plane SFO - KIS
- Take the bus from Kisumu to Busiabus
- Drive from Busia to Mbalecar
32h 36m$540–1,553Fly Oakland International Airport to Kisumu International Airport, bus, drive
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Kisumu International Airport (KIS)plane OAK - KIS
- Take the bus from Kisumu to Busiabus
- Drive from Busia to Mbalecar
35h 55m$636–1,849Fly San Francisco International Airport to Entebbe, taxi, bus
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Entebbe (EBB)plane SFO - EBB
- Take the taxi from Entebbe (EBB) to Kampalataxi
- Take the bus from Kampala to Malababus
- Take the taxi from Malaba to Mbaletaxi
30h 41m$637–1,808Fly San Francisco International Airport to Nairobi, bus, taxi
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Nairobi (NBO)plane SFO - NBO
- Take the bus from Nairobi to Malababus
- Take the taxi from Malaba to Mbaletaxi
33h 41m$771–1,295Fly Oakland International Airport to Entebbe, taxi, bus
- Fly from Oakland International Airport (OAK) to Entebbe (EBB)plane OAK - EBB
- Take the taxi from Entebbe (EBB) to Kampalataxi
- Take the bus from Kampala to Malababus
- Take the taxi from Malaba to Mbaletaxi
41h 55m$783–2,204Fly San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport, bus, drive
- Fly from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Eldoret International Airport (EDL)plane SFO - EDL
- Take the bus from Eldoret to Malababus
- Drive from Malaba to Mbalecar
32h 19m$851–2,369
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Kisumu International Airport (KIS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from San Francisco to Mbale is to fly and bus and drive which costs $500 - $1,600 and takes 32h 36m.
The fastest way to get from San Francisco to Mbale is to fly and taxi and bus which takes 30h 41m and costs $600 - $1,900.
The distance between San Francisco and Mbale is 15448 km.
It takes approximately 32h 36m to get from San Francisco to Mbale, including transfers.
Mbale is 10h ahead of San Francisco. It is currently 5:03 AM in San Francisco and 3:03 PM in Mbale.
There are 24+ hotels available in Mbale.
What companies run services between San Francisco, CA, USA and Mbale, Uganda?
There is no direct connection from San Francisco to Mbale. However, you can take the subway to San Francisco International Airport, walk to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) airport, fly to Kisumu International Airport (KIS), take the taxi to Kisumu, take the bus to Busia, then drive to Mbale. Alternatively, you can take the subway to Coliseum, walk to Coliseum - OAC, take the subway to Oakland International Airport Station, walk to Oakland International Airport (OAK) airport, fly to Kisumu International Airport (KIS), take the taxi to Kisumu, take the bus to Busia, then drive to Mbale.
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Portland, London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Denver, Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via Istanbul, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Portland, London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 49m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Entebbe via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Website
- jambojet.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Denver, Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via Doha, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,300
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via Istanbul, Mombasa
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Eldoret International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Entebbe via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Entebbe via Salt Lake City, London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Entebbe via Denver, London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Entebbe via Amsterdam Schiphol, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nairobi via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Entebbe via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nairobi via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Entebbe via Denver, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 44h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Entebbe via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nairobi via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Entebbe via Salt Lake City, London Heathrow, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Entebbe via Salt Lake City, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
- Website
- flysafarilink.com
Flights from Oakland International Airport to Kisumu International Airport via Salt Lake City, Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nairobi via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nairobi via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from San Francisco International Airport to Nairobi via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Phone
- +254 724 581902
- Website
- tahmeedexpress.com
Bus from Kisumu to Busia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Schedules at
- tahmeedexpress.com
- Single
- $2–3
Bus from Kisumu to Busia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–3
- Schedules at
- tahmeedexpress.com
- Single
- $2–3
Bus from Eldoret to Malaba
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- tahmeedexpress.com
- Single
- $2–4
- Phone
- 0717073333
- [email protected]
- Website
- bus-car.co.ke
Bus from Kampala to Malaba
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- http://bus-car.co.ke/?fbclid=IwAR0ue-tmedLmaiQ3pC7R6TuzahIO7p698XH5v32MsQRE75qD18nAkNRKeR4#/
- Normal
- $8
- Business/VIP
- $11
Bus from Nairobi to Malaba
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–27
- Website
- http://bus-car.co.ke/?fbclid=IwAR0ue-tmedLmaiQ3pC7R6TuzahIO7p698XH5v32MsQRE75qD18nAkNRKeR4#/
- Normal
- $15–21
- Business/VIP
- $21
- Business / VIP
- $27
Bus from Kampala to Malaba
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- http://bus-car.co.ke/?fbclid=IwAR0ue-tmedLmaiQ3pC7R6TuzahIO7p698XH5v32MsQRE75qD18nAkNRKeR4#/
- Normal
- $8
- Business/VIP
- $11
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Estimated price
- $25–55
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