Distance from Berlin to Nairobi
The great-circle distance between Berlin, Germany and Nairobi, Kenya is 6,370 km (3,958 mi · 3,439 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,370 km · 3,958 mi · 3,439 nmi
- Initial bearing Berlin → Nairobi
- 152° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Berlin
- 343° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 09 min
- Time zones
- Berlin UTC+02:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 91 min — the sun rises later in Berlin
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
- Berlin
- 52.5244, 13.4105
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:54 UTC / 17:05 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.