Distance from Mexico City to Nairobi
Mexico City (Mexico) and Nairobi (Kenya) are 14,815 km apart — that's 9,206 miles or 8,000 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 14,815 km · 9,206 mi · 8,000 nmi
- Initial bearing Mexico City → Nairobi
- 73° (ENE)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Mexico City
- 296° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 18 h 05 min
- Time zones
- Mexico City UTC-06:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+9 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 544 min — the sun rises later in Mexico City
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
- Mexico City
- 19.4285, -99.1277
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 12:26 UTC / 00:33 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.