Distance from Cairo to Nairobi
The great-circle distance between Cairo, Egypt and Nairobi, Kenya is 3,535 km (2,197 mi · 1,909 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
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+02:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 63 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
- 04:15 UTC / 15:04 UTC
- Nairobi
- -1.2833, 36.8167
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:12 UTC / 15:22 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.