Distance from Moscow to Nairobi
Moscow (Russia) and Nairobi (Kenya) are 6,342 km apart — that's 3,941 miles or 3,425 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,342 km · 3,941 mi · 3,425 nmi
- Initial bearing Moscow → Nairobi
- 181° (S)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Moscow
- 1° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 07 min
- Time zones
- Moscow UTC+03:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 6 min — the sun rises earlier in Moscow
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
- Moscow
- 55.7520, 37.6178
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:17 UTC / 15:29 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.