Distance from Istanbul to Nairobi
Istanbul (Türkiye) and Nairobi (Kenya) are 4,770 km apart — that's 2,964 miles or 2,576 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,770 km · 2,964 mi · 2,576 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Nairobi
- 168° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Istanbul
- 351° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 91 min — the sun rises later in Istanbul
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
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:44 UTC / 14:54 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.