✈ PEK → NBO
11H 44M FROM BEIJING TO NAIROBI. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Beijing to Nairobi
From Beijing Capital (PEK), China Asia → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Beijing
How long is the flight from Beijing to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Beijing (PEK) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 11 hours 44 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,732 miles (9,225 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 44m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,732 mi
9,225 km · great-circle
Avg speed
786 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Beijing timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Time difference
-5h
5 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~3.5d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Beijing
Nearest destinations
- Beijing → Seoul
- Beijing → Shanghai
- Beijing → Taipei
- Beijing → Osaka
- Beijing → Hong Kong
- Beijing → Tokyo
- Beijing → Manila
- Beijing → Bangkok
- Beijing → Delhi
- Beijing → Kuala Lumpur
Long-haul from Beijing
- Beijing → Buenos Aires
- Beijing → Santiago
- Beijing → São Paulo
- Beijing → Rio de Janeiro
- Beijing → Cape Town
- Beijing → Cancun
- Beijing → Miami
- Beijing → Mexico City
- Beijing → Johannesburg
- Beijing → Atlanta
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Flights to Nairobi
Nearest origins
- Johannesburg → Nairobi
- Doha → Nairobi
- Abu Dhabi → Nairobi
- Cairo → Nairobi
- Dubai → Nairobi
- Tel Aviv → Nairobi
- Cape Town → Nairobi
- Mumbai → Nairobi
- Athens → Nairobi
- Istanbul → Nairobi
Long-haul to Nairobi
- Los Angeles → Nairobi
- San Francisco → Nairobi
- Las Vegas → Nairobi
- Mexico City → Nairobi
- Seattle → Nairobi
- Vancouver → Nairobi
- Dallas → Nairobi
- Auckland → Nairobi
- Cancun → Nairobi
- Atlanta → Nairobi