Distance from Nairobi to São Paulo
The great-circle distance between Nairobi, Kenya and São Paulo, Brazil is 9,283 km (5,768 mi · 5,013 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 9,283 km · 5,768 mi · 5,013 nmi
- Initial bearing Nairobi → São Paulo
- 246° (WSW)
- Initial bearing São Paulo → Nairobi
- 89° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Nairobi UTC+03:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 333 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
- São Paulo
- -23.5475, -46.6361
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 08:56 UTC / 21:04 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.