Distance from Nairobi to Paris
Nairobi (Kenya) and Paris (France) are 6,483 km apart — that's 4,028 miles or 3,500 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 6,483 km · 4,028 mi · 3,500 nmi
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Paris
- 334° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Paris → Nairobi
- 138° (SE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 8 h 17 min
- Time zones
- Nairobi UTC+03:00 · Paris UTC+02:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 57 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
- 03:37 UTC / 15:41 UTC
- Paris
- 48.8534, 2.3488
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:34 UTC / 19:20 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.