There are 8 ways to get from Seattle to Kigali by plane, train, bus, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport
best- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane SEA - KGL
23h 20m$464–1,504Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Entebbe, bus
cheapest- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Entebbe (EBB)plane SEA - EBB
- Take the bus from Trinity Bus Terminal to Nyabugogo Bus Stnbus
39h 50m$450–1,294Train to Portland International Airport, fly to Kigali International Airport
- Take the train from Seattle to Portlandtrain
- Fly from Portland International Airport (PDX) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane PDX - KGL
28h 11m$552–1,754Train to Vancouver International Airport, fly to Kigali International Airport
- Take the train from Seattle to Vancouvertrain
- Fly from Vancouver International Airport (YVR) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane YVR - KGL
27h 50m$570–1,742Fly Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kamembe International Airport, bus
- Fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kamembe International Airport (KME)plane SEA - KME
- Take the bus from Rusizi Bus Stn to Nyabugogo Bus Stnbus
34h 16m$468–1,524Fly King County International Airport to Kigali International Airport
- Fly from King County International Airport (BFI) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane BFI - KGL
29h 44m$554–2,004Fly Paine Field County Airport to Kigali International Airport
- Fly from Paine Field County Airport (PAE) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane PAE - KGL
30h 11m$509–1,429Shuttle to Bellingham International Airport, fly to Kigali International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Seattle, WA - Convention Center to Bellingham Airport
- Fly from Bellingham International Airport (BLI) to Kigali International Airport (KGL)plane BLI - KGL
31h 13m$582–1,960
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kigali International Airport (KGL) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Seattle to Kigali is to fly and bus which costs $450 - $1,300 and takes 39h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Seattle to Kigali is to fly which takes 23h 20m and costs $460 - $1,500.
The distance between Seattle and Kigali is 14338 km.
It takes approximately 23h 20m to get from Seattle to Kigali, including transfers.
Kigali is 9h ahead of Seattle. It is currently 10:34 AM in Seattle and 7:34 PM in Kigali.
There are 877+ hotels available in Kigali.
What companies run services between Seattle, WA, USA and Kigali, Rwanda?
Delta, KLM, and three other airlines fly from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) to Kigali International Airport (KGL) twice daily.
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kamembe International Airport via Istanbul, Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kamembe International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 23m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kamembe International Airport via Dubai, Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Paine Field County Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 18m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
Flights from Paine Field County Airport to Kigali International Airport via Las Vegas, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
Flights from Paine Field County Airport to Kigali International Airport via Las Vegas, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 16m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 43m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Entebbe via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Entebbe via London Heathrow, Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from King County International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from King County International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Paine Field County Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 38m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 4m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,500
Flights from Vancouver International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kamembe International Airport via Istanbul, Kigali International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 8m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Entebbe via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Portland International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from King County International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Paine Field County Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 38m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,700
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Bellingham International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 4m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Paine Field County Airport to Kigali International Airport via Portland International Airport, Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 58m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Entebbe via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Entebbe via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Entebbe via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Kigali International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Entebbe via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Entebbe via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Seattle to Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +250788351253
- info@volcanoexpress.co.rw
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Rusizi Bus Stn to Nyabugogo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Trinity Bus Terminal to Nyabugogo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–20
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +1 866-235-5247
- shuttle@airporter.com
- Website
- Bellair Airporter
Shuttle from Seattle, WA - Convention Center to Bellingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Bellair Airporter
- Schedules at
- Airporter Schedules
- Phone
- +250 788 314 935
- Website
- trinityexpress.rw
Bus from Trinity Bus Terminal to Nyabugogo Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–65
- Schedules at
- trinityexpress.rw
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