✈ CUN → NBO
16H 53M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.
Flight from Cancun to Nairobi
From Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Cancun
How long is the flight from Cancun to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Cancun (CUN) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 16 hours 53 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,418 miles (13,547 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
16h 53m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,418 mi
13,547 km · great-circle
Avg speed
803 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cancun timezone
UTC-5
America/Cancun
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Time difference
+8h
8 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~8d
Eastward — worse
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 Cancun
Nearest destinations
- Cancun → Miami
- Cancun → Mexico City
- Cancun → Atlanta
- Cancun → Dallas
- Cancun → Chicago
- Cancun → New York
- Cancun → Toronto
- Cancun → Boston
- Cancun → Las Vegas
- Cancun → Los Angeles
Long-haul from Cancun
- Cancun → Bali (Denpasar)
- Cancun → Singapore
- Cancun → Kuala Lumpur
- Cancun → Bangkok
- Cancun → Mumbai
- Cancun → Manila
- Cancun → Melbourne
- Cancun → Hong Kong
- Cancun → Delhi
- Cancun → Sydney
More flights to Africa
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
- Atlanta → Nairobi
- Chicago → Nairobi