How far is Mombasa from the sea?
Mombasa is on the coast: the nearest shoreline is 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
To the coast
2.4 km
1.5 miles · straight line
Nearest land border
85 km
with Tanzania
Setting
On the coast
743rd farthest from the sea of 861 cities
MombasaNearest point on the coast
How far are you from the sea?
Measure from where you are standing. On a phone this uses GPS, so the answer is for your exact spot, not the city centre.
Mombasa at a glance
- Coordinates
- 4.0547° S, 39.6636° E
- Region
- Mombasa, Kenya
- Distance to the coast
- 2.4 km (1.5 miles), in a straight line
- Nearest point on the coast
- 4.0659° S, 39.6817° E
- Nearest land border
- 85 km (53 miles), with Tanzania
- Among Kenya's cities
- 3rd farthest from the sea of the 3 cities measured
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Questions
How far is Mombasa from the sea?
Mombasa is on the coast: the nearest shoreline is 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
Is that the driving distance?
No. 2.4 km (1.5 miles) is the straight-line distance from the city centre to the nearest point on the shore. The drive to a beach is longer, often much longer, and depends on the roads.
How far is Mombasa from the nearest border?
Mombasa is 85 km (53 miles) from the nearest land border, with Tanzania, in a straight line.
Where in Mombasa is this measured from?
From the city's centre point (4.0547° S, 39.6636° E). A large city spreads out, so some neighbourhoods are closer to the sea than this and some farther. For an exact figure from where you are, use your own location.
Measured by MapGO on October 19, 2026 with the same coastline data as the distance to coastline calculator. All distances are straight lines over the Earth's surface.