Flight Time from Dubai to Zanzibar

At the moment, you can catch a nonstop flight from Dubai to Zanzibar City with the following airlines, including: Flydubai Ethiopian Airlines Selected airlines are based on historical data collected from flight bookings users made on Trip.com within the last 90 days.

It takes about 5 hours 32 minutes to fly from Dubai to Zanzibar City.

By analyzing data from all airlines on the Trip.com flight calendar, it looks like the best time to book a flight from Dubai to Zanzibar City is around 40 days (6 weeks) in advance, and the best time to fly is usually on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Tuesday typically offers the cheapest flights for departure, while Saturday offers the best return deals.

Based on Trip.com data in the past 4 weeks, there is 31 flight per week flying from Dubai to Zanzibar City. You can check the weekly schedule for popular airlines on this route below: Flydubai: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- FZ1687 (10:54) Flydubai: S/M/T/W/T/F/S -- FZ1259 (03:03)

The cheapest months to fly from Dubai to Zanzibar City is October, when demand for travel is lower.

After crunching the numbers on our December flight calendar, it's currently cheapest to fly from Dubai to Zanzibar City on December 19, 2025 with Ethiopian Airlines, with prices starting at US$264.

You can land at any one of the following hubs in Zanzibar City, with Dubai International Airport to Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (DXB-ZNZ) is by far the most common option on this route: Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ).

The time difference between Zanzibar City and Dubai is 1h.

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