Distance from Jakarta to Nairobi
The great-circle distance between Jakarta, Indonesia and Nairobi, Kenya is 7,785 km (4,837 mi · 4,203 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,785 km · 4,837 mi · 4,203 nmi
- Initial bearing Jakarta → Nairobi
- 271° (W)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Jakarta
- 96° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 49 min
- Time zones
- Jakarta UTC+07:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (-4 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 274 min — the sun rises earlier in Jakarta
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
- Jakarta
- -6.2146, 106.8451
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:03 UTC / 10:55 UTC
- Nairobi
- -1.2833, 36.8167
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:37 UTC / 15:41 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.