Distance from Nairobi to Singapore
The great-circle distance between Nairobi, Kenya and Singapore, Singapore is 7,459 km (4,635 mi · 4,027 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,459 km · 4,635 mi · 4,027 nmi
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Singapore
- 88° (E)
- Initial bearing Singapore → Nairobi
- 268° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 26 min
- Time zones
- Nairobi UTC+03:00 · Singapore UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 268 min — the sun rises later 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
- Singapore
- 1.2897, 103.8501
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:55 UTC / 11:01 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.