Distance from Melbourne to Nairobi
Flying the shortest possible route, Nairobi lies 11,501 km (7,146 miles, 6,210 nautical miles) from Melbourne — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,501 km · 7,146 mi · 6,210 nmi
- Initial bearing Melbourne → Nairobi
- 258° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Melbourne
- 129° (SE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 11 min
- Time zones
- Melbourne UTC+10:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 433 min — the sun rises earlier in Melbourne
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
- Melbourne
- -37.8140, 144.9633
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 20:10 UTC / 08:17 UTC
- Nairobi
- -1.2833, 36.8167
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:23 UTC / 15:29 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.