Cheap flights from Zanzibar to Warsaw

October is the cheapest month on this route, and the price calendar shows fares easing from September and staying low into November. If you can travel outside the Polish school holidays and the Christmas and New Year rush, you will usually pay less for the same connection. Midweek departures tend to be quieter than weekend ones, and Tuesday and Wednesday are often the calmest days to leave Zanzibar. Book a few months ahead for the high season, and leave it later only if you are travelling in the low weeks around October. Zanzibar's rainy stretch falls in the spring, when fares dip but the island is wetter.

There are no direct flights from Zanzibar to Warsaw, so every option is a connection. The carriers that appear most often are Qatar Airways, Turkish Airlines, Fly Dubai, Lufthansa, Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Edelweiss Air, RwandAir, Air Tanzania and Hahn Air. Most of them are full-service airlines, which usually means a checked bag and a meal on the long leg, but light fare families leave baggage out on some tickets. RwandAir and Air Tanzania are the African carriers in the mix, while the Gulf and European airlines fly you north with a stop closer to Warsaw. Compare the whole journey, not just the headline fare.

Warsaw has two airports, and your ticket decides which one you land at. F. Chopin is the closer of the two, a short ride from the centre by taxi, bus or train, and it takes most international arrivals. Modlin sits well outside the city and needs a dedicated bus or rail connection to reach the centre, so allow extra time if your booking ends there. Both have car hire desks, but the drive into town is simpler from Chopin. Check the airport code before you arrange ground transport, and remember that a late landing leaves you with fewer buses and trains running.

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 Warsaw

1.9 M (2024)

Time zone

UTC+02 (Europe/Warsaw)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Check which Warsaw airport your ticket uses, because F. Chopin and Modlin are far apart and not interchangeable.
• Confirm the baggage allowance on every leg, since a light fare on one carrier can leave your suitcase behind.
• Treat each connection as its own booking if you buy separate tickets, and leave generous time between flights.
• Check the entry rules for Poland and for every country you transit through.
• Fly in October if you want the lowest fares, and book early for the Christmas and summer peaks.
• Compare total journey time, not just the price, when one option has a longer stop.