Distance from Barcelona to Nairobi
Flying the shortest possible route, Nairobi lies 5,891 km (3,660 miles, 3,181 nautical miles) from Barcelona — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,891 km · 3,660 mi · 3,181 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Nairobi
- 135° (SE)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Barcelona
- 328° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+02:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 138 min — the sun rises later in Barcelona
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Barcelona
- 41.3888, 2.1590
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 05:40 UTC / 17:49 UTC
- Nairobi
- -1.2833, 36.8167
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:23 UTC / 15:29 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.