Distance from Cape Town to Nairobi
Cape Town (South Africa) and Nairobi (Kenya) are 4,103 km apart — that's 2,550 miles or 2,216 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,103 km · 2,550 mi · 2,216 nmi
- Initial bearing Cape Town → Nairobi
- 32° (NNE)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Cape Town
- 206° (SSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 29 min
- Time zones
- Cape Town UTC+02:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 73 min — the sun rises later in Cape Town
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
- Cape Town
- -33.9258, 18.4232
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:36 UTC / 16:44 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.