Distance from Cairo to Nairobi
Cairo (Egypt) and Nairobi (Kenya) are 3,535 km apart — that's 2,197 miles or 1,909 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,535 km · 2,197 mi · 1,909 nmi
- Initial bearing Cairo → Nairobi
- 169° (S)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Cairo
- 351° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 49 min
- Time zones
- Cairo UTC+03:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 22 min — the sun rises later in Cairo
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
- Cairo
- 30.0626, 31.2497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:44 UTC / 15:52 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.