Cheap flights from Mombasa to Krakow

January is the cheapest month for this route, and it sits in the middle of the stretch when fares are published, running from September through February. That window is the European winter, so the quiet weeks after the New Year and the lull before spring usually price lowest, while the run-up to Christmas and the Easter break push fares up. Midweek departures tend to cost less than weekend ones. Book a few months ahead for the winter window, and expect fares to climb again outside it. Warsaw and Wroclaw are the other Polish cities served from Mombasa, so it is worth pricing them alongside Krakow if your dates are open.

No airline flies Mombasa to Krakow nonstop, so every itinerary here is a connecting one, and the hub you pass through depends on the carrier you choose. Kenya Airways, Ethiopian Airlines and Turkish Airlines are the full-service names here, with more included in the fare. Jambojet and Fly Dubai sit at the no-frills end, where you pay for extras on top of the seat. Eurowings Discover, Condor and Neos Air are leisure carriers, common on the European legs of the trip. Hahn Air Technologies shows up as a ticketing name rather than an operator. Baggage rules and layover airports differ sharply between them, so compare the whole journey, not just the first flight.

Your flight lands at Balice, the airport that serves Krakow, and it sits outside the city rather than in the middle of it. From arrivals, the usual ways into town are the rail link, a bus or a taxi, and the transfer is short enough that none of them takes a big bite out of your day. Bags checked through to Krakow still get collected at Balice and carried through customs by you. With no nonstop flights from Mombasa, the weak point of this trip is the connection, so leave yourself room at the transit airport rather than booking the tightest layover on offer. Keep your onward booking and your address in the city to hand for the border, and check Poland's entry rules before you fly.

Currency

PLZ (zł)

Power sockets

Type C, E · 230 V

Language

Polish

Emergency number

112, 986, 997

Driving side

right

Calling code

+48

Internet domain

.pl

EU / Schengen

EU member, Schengen area

Population of Krakow

804 k (2023)

Time zone

UTC+02 (Europe/Warsaw)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Mombasa departures all leave from Moi International, so there is no airport choice to make on the Kenyan side.
• Check whether your connection is on a single ticket, because a missed link between separate bookings is yours to fix.
• Look at the baggage allowance on the lighter carriers before you compare fares, since a checked bag can change the total.
• Confirm the transit visa rules for the country you change planes in, not just for Poland.
• Check Poland's entry requirements and your passport validity before you book.
• Compare January fares with the months either side, because the cheapest month is not always the cheapest week.