There are 6 ways to get from Kigali to Washington by plane, subway, or train
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Fly to Washington Dulles International Airport, subway
best- Fly from Kigali (KGL) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD)plane KGL - IAD
- Take the subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platformsubway
24h 39m$483–1,809Fly to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali (KGL) to Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI)plane KGL - BWI
- Take the train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Stationtrain
25h 1m$603–2,153Fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali (KGL) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane KGL - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
25h 28m$529–950Fly to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Fly from Kigali (KGL) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)plane KGL - DCA
25h 11m$1,301–3,501Fly to Newark Liberty International Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali (KGL) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane KGL - EWR
- Take the train from Newark Liberty International Airport to Washington Union Stationtrain
24h 18m$680–1,141Fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Fly from Kigali (KGL) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane KGL - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Stationtrain
24h 44m$684–1,779
Kigali (KGL) to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kigali to Washington is to fly and train which costs $500 - $950 and takes 25h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Kigali to Washington is to fly and train which takes 24h 18m and costs $650 - $1,200.
The distance between Kigali and Washington is 7320 miles.
It takes approximately 24h 39m to get from Kigali to Washington, including transfers.
Washington is 6h behind Kigali. It is currently 1:22 AM in Kigali and 7:22 PM in Washington.
There are 1492+ hotels available in Washington.
What companies run services between Kigali, Rwanda and Washington, DC, USA?
Rwandair Express, Air Canada, and American Airlines fly from Kigali (KGL) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) twice daily.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 36m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Accra
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Lagos
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Kigali to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,600
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,600
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 46m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,900
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Kigali to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 4m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,600
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,500
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 46m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,200
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Nairobi, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,900
Flights from Kigali to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 4m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,600
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Philadelphia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,500
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Halifax
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 9m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,600
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Entebbe, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Kigali to Philadelphia International Airport via Addis Ababa, Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 36m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via London Heathrow, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 51m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,600
Flights from Kigali to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,600
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
Flights from Kigali to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Entebbe, Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,600
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 14m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 39m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Kigali to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–510
Flights from Kigali to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,200
Flights from Kigali to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 33m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Kigali to Washington Dulles International Airport via Nairobi, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 39m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Kigali to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–510
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Kigali to Baltimore-Washington International Airport via London Heathrow, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform to Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 1 Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–200
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $4–200
- Business Class
- $45–230
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–300
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $30–300
- Business Class
- $95–350
Train from Newark Liberty International Airport to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–290
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $29–290
- Business Class
- $90–350
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–250
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $18–250
- Business Class
- $70–300
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–17
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- $2–9
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from BWI Thurgood Marshall to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–550
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $6–440
- First Class
- $100–550
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Train from 30th Street Station to Washington Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–650
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $30–470
- First Class
- $150–650
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