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✈ CPT → NBO

5H 38M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
5h 38m
Distance
2,548 mi
Or
4,100 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Cape Town to Nairobi

From Cape Town International (CPT), South Africa Africa  →  Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Cape Town

How long is the flight from Cape Town to Nairobi?

A nonstop flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 5 hours 38 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,548 miles (4,100 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

5h 38m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

2,548 mi

4,100 km · great-circle

Avg speed

728 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Cape Town timezone

UTC+2

Africa/Johannesburg

Nairobi timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Nairobi

Time difference

+1h

1 hour ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~1d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 607 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 701 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 168 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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