Distance from London to Nairobi
Flying the shortest possible route, Nairobi lies 6,819 km (4,237 miles, 3,682 nautical miles) from London — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,819 km · 4,237 mi · 3,682 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Nairobi
- 137° (SE)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → London
- 335° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 41 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+00:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 234 min — the sun rises later in London
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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 07:07 UTC / 16:23 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.