Port-to-port sea distance
Yanbu to Dar es Salaam distance
The sea distance from Yanbu (Saudi Arabia) to Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) is about 2,533 nautical miles (4,690 km), via the Bab-el-Mandeb. At 12 knots that is about 8 days 19 hours at sea.
Distance
2,533 nm
4,690 km
Sea days @ 12 kn
8.8
8 days 19 hours
ECA miles
0 nm
No ECA on route
Canals & straits
1
Bab-el-Mandeb
Sea days by speed
| Speed | One way | Round voyage |
|---|---|---|
| 10 knots | 10.6 days | 21.1 days |
| 11 knots | 9.6 days | 19.2 days |
| 12 knots | 8.8 days | 17.6 days |
| 13 knots | 8.1 days | 16.2 days |
| 14 knots | 7.5 days | 15.1 days |
| 15 knots | 7.0 days | 14.1 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 Yanbu from Dar es Salaam by sea?
The sea distance from Yanbu to Dar es Salaam is about 2,533 nautical miles (4,690 km), via the Bab-el-Mandeb.
How long does a tanker take to sail from Yanbu to Dar es Salaam?
About 8 days 19 hours at 12 knots, or 7.5 days at 14 knots. That is steaming time only; add time for port calls, canal transits and weather.
Which canals and straits does the Yanbu–Dar es Salaam route pass?
The shortest route passes the Bab-el-Mandeb.
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.