Port-to-port sea distance

Yanbu to Mombasa distance

The sea distance from Yanbu (Saudi Arabia) to Mombasa (Kenya) is about 2,383 nautical miles (4,413 km), via the Bab-el-Mandeb. At 12 knots that is about 8 days 7 hours at sea.

Distance

2,383 nm

4,413 km

Sea days @ 12 kn

8.3

8 days 7 hours

ECA miles

0 nm

No ECA on route

Canals & straits

Bab-el-Mandeb

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Sea days by speed

Speed	One way	Round voyage
10 knots	9.9 days	19.9 days
11 knots	9.0 days	18.1 days
12 knots	8.3 days	16.5 days
13 knots	7.6 days	15.3 days
14 knots	7.1 days	14.2 days
15 knots	6.6 days	13.2 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

Shortest route

2,383 nm

8.3 days at 12 kn · Bab-el-Mandeb

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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 Mombasa by sea?

The sea distance from Yanbu to Mombasa is about 2,383 nautical miles (4,413 km), via the Bab-el-Mandeb.

How long does a tanker take to sail from Yanbu to Mombasa?

About 8 days 7 hours at 12 knots, or 7.1 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–Mombasa 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.