Distance from Los Angeles to Nairobi
The great-circle distance between Los Angeles, United States and Nairobi, Kenya is 15,543 km (9,658 mi · 8,393 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 15,543 km · 9,658 mi · 8,393 nmi
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Nairobi
- 41° (NE)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Los Angeles
- 327° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 57 min
- Time zones
- Los Angeles UTC-07:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+10 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 573 min — the sun rises later in Los Angeles
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
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 13:10 UTC / 02:49 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.