Distance from Nairobi to New York City
The great-circle distance between Nairobi, Kenya and New York City, United States is 11,842 km (7,358 mi · 6,394 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,842 km · 7,358 mi · 6,394 nmi
- Initial bearing Nairobi → New York City
- 312° (NW)
- Initial bearing New York City → Nairobi
- 77° (ENE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Nairobi UTC+03:00 · New York City UTC-04:00 (-7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 442 min — the sun rises earlier in Nairobi
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
- Nairobi
- -1.2833, 36.8167
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:23 UTC / 15:29 UTC
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:45 UTC / 22:53 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.