Distance from Nairobi to Sydney
Nairobi (Kenya) and Sydney (Australia) are 12,152 km apart — that's 7,551 miles or 6,562 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
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+11:00 (+8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 502 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
- 03:12 UTC / 15:22 UTC
- Sydney
- -33.8678, 151.2073
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 18:50 UTC / 08:30 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.