Distance from Madrid to Nairobi
The great-circle distance between Madrid, Spain and Nairobi, Kenya is 6,189 km (3,846 mi · 3,342 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,189 km · 3,846 mi · 3,342 nmi
- Initial bearing Madrid → Nairobi
- 128° (SE)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Madrid
- 323° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 56 min
- Time zones
- Madrid UTC+01:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+2 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 221 min — the sun rises later in Madrid
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
- Madrid
- 40.4165, -3.7026
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 06:53 UTC / 17:06 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.