Distance from Dubai to Nairobi
The great-circle distance between Dubai, United Arab Emirates and Nairobi, Kenya is 3,544 km (2,202 mi · 1,913 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,544 km · 2,202 mi · 1,913 nmi
- Initial bearing Dubai → Nairobi
- 217° (SW)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Dubai
- 33° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 4 h 50 min
- Time zones
- Dubai UTC+04:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 41 min — the sun rises earlier in Dubai
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
- Dubai
- 25.0772, 55.3093
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 02:31 UTC / 13:35 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.