Port-to-port sea distance
Sitra to Mombasa distance
The sea distance from Sitra (Bahrain) to Mombasa (Kenya) is about 2,699 nautical miles (4,999 km), via the Strait of Hormuz. At 12 knots that is about 9 days 9 hours at sea.
Distance
2,699 nm
4,999 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
9.4
9 days 9 hours
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
1
Strait of Hormuz
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 11.2 days | 22.5 days |
| 11 knots | 10.2 days | 20.4 days |
| 12 knots | 9.4 days | 18.7 days |
| 13 knots | 8.7 days | 17.3 days |
| 14 knots | 8.0 days | 16.1 days |
| 15 knots | 7.5 days | 15.0 days |
Steaming time only, with no allowance for weather, canal waiting or port time. The round voyage assumes the ship ballasts back on the same route.
Routes compared
Voyage estimates by ship size
About this trade
Arabian Gulf & India → clean products. Naphtha, jet and diesel from the big export refineries at Ruwais, Jubail, Yanbu and Jamnagar, going east to Japan and Singapore, west to Europe, and to East Africa.
- Typical ship sizes
- LR2, LR1, MR
- Related benchmark routes
- TC1 (MEG–Japan LR2 naphtha), TC17 (MEG–East Africa MR)
Questions
How far is Sitra from Mombasa by sea?
The sea distance from Sitra to Mombasa is about 2,699 nautical miles (4,999 km), via the Strait of Hormuz.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Sitra to Mombasa?
About 9 days 9 hours at 12 knots, or 8.0 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Sitra–Mombasa route pass?
The shortest route passes the Strait of Hormuz.
How much of the voyage is inside an Emission Control Area?
None. The whole route is outside Emission Control Areas, so the 0.50% global sulphur cap applies throughout.
Terms on this page
Distances are calculated by Vessbook on a modelled global shipping-lane network for a tanker at 12 m draft, from berth area to berth area.