--- title: "Homa Bay to Kisumu | Mixroutes" description: How to get from Homa Bay to Kisumu by train, bus, plane and car. Real timetables, honest prices. url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/homa-bay-to-kisumu" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/homa-bay-to-kisumu.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- # How to get from Homa Bay to Kisumu [Plan it for your day](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Homa+Bay&to=Kisumu) [Kisumu to Homa Bay](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kisumu-to-homa-bay) **Quickest listed:** 1h 56m\ by car, door to door; trains not read\ **Lowest listed:** KSh490\ by car; trains not read\ **Distance:** 58 km\ as the crow flies\ **Departures:** –\ timetables not read\ ## 2 ways to travel 58 km apart. Times are the timetables for Mon 9 Nov, planned from 08:00; every price says whether it is live, the operator's fare or our estimate. We add nothing to any fare. Trains and buses couldn't be loaded when this page was made, so this is not the full list and none of it is called best, fastest or cheapest. [The planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Homa+Bay&to=Kisumu) reads the timetables again for your day. - [**Drive** 1h 56m KSh490–660 Estimated 105 km · fuel only](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Homa+Bay&to=Kisumu) - [**Taxi** 1h 56m KSh3,280–4,910 Estimated one-way cab](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Homa+Bay&to=Kisumu) Data: [Roads © OpenStreetMap contributors, routed by OSRM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) · [Places from GeoNames, CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · [All credits and licences](https://www.mixroutes.com/credits) ## Before you go Borders, permits, official travel advice and disaster alerts for the places on this route, as their sources publish them. Entry rules are shown for a passport from Kenya; the planner lets you pick yours. - **Reconsider travel to Kenya** [US](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.ken.html) [UK](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/kenya/warnings-and-insurance) Travel advice: UK FCDO (Open Government Licence v3.0), US State Department. ## Departures today No train or bus is listed because the timetables couldn't be loaded when this page was made, not because none runs. [See today's departures in the planner](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Homa+Bay&to=Kisumu). ## Questions people ask How far is Kisumu from Homa Bay by road? About 105 km, roughly 1h 56m of driving in normal traffic. Fuel alone costs around KSh490–660; tolls and parking are extra. ## In Kisumu City in Kisumu County, Kenya Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya located in the Lake Victoria area in the former Nyanza Province. It is the second-largest city in the Lake Victoria Basin after Kampala. The city has a population of 438,588 according to the recent 2026 population estimates. The metro region, including Maseno and Ahero, had a population of 6,771 (Maseno) and 11,801 (Ahero) people respectively, totaling to a combined population of 457,160 people, according to the 2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census which was conducted by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. [The Kisumu guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/kisumu) Worth your time - Kibuye Market This is the second largest open air market in Kenya, and one of the oldest. - Kiboko point Popular patch of land near the lake where you might catch a nice glimpse of the sunset. - Fishing Kisumu is a very good starting spot for fishing expeditions on the lake. - Golf There is a golf course in the Nyanza Club, near the lake, close to the airport. From Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA) [Hotels in Kisumu Compare prices on Hotels70](https://www.hotels70.com/kisumu) ## More routes - [Kochi to Bengaluru](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-bengaluru) - [Kochi to Chennai](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-chennai) - [Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-thiruvananthapuram) - [Kochi to Munnar](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-munnar) - [Kochi to Alappuzha](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-alappuzha) - [Kochi to Kozhikode](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kochi-to-kozhikode) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/homa-bay-to-kisumu, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt