Distance from Nairobi to Sydney
The great-circle distance between Nairobi, Kenya and Sydney, Australia is 12,152 km (7,551 mi · 6,562 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 12,152 km · 7,551 mi · 6,562 nmi
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Sydney
- 127° (SE)
- Initial bearing Sydney → Nairobi
- 255° (WSW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 57 min
- Time zones
- Nairobi UTC+03:00 · Sydney UTC+10:00 (+7 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 458 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
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:45 UTC / 07:52 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.