✈ DXB → NBO
4H 59M FLIGHT. 2,211 MILES. YOUR PHONE WILL DIE.
Flight from Dubai to Nairobi
From Dubai International (DXB), UAE Middle East → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Dubai
How long is the flight from Dubai to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Dubai (DXB) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 4 hours 59 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,211 miles (3,559 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 59m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
2,211 mi
3,559 km · great-circle
Avg speed
714 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Dubai timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Dubai
Nearest destinations
- Dubai → Abu Dhabi
- Dubai → Doha
- Dubai → Mumbai
- Dubai → Tel Aviv
- Dubai → Delhi
- Dubai → Cairo
- Dubai → Istanbul
- Dubai → Athens
- Dubai → Bucharest
- Dubai → Budapest
Long-haul from Dubai
- Dubai → Santiago
- Dubai → Mexico City
- Dubai → Auckland
- Dubai → Buenos Aires
- Dubai → Cancun
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Las Vegas
- Dubai → San Francisco
- Dubai → Dallas
- Dubai → Miami
More flights to Africa
Flights to Nairobi
Nearest origins
- Johannesburg → Nairobi
- Doha → Nairobi
- Abu Dhabi → Nairobi
- Cairo → Nairobi
- Tel Aviv → Nairobi
- Cape Town → Nairobi
- Mumbai → Nairobi
- Athens → Nairobi
- Istanbul → Nairobi
- Bucharest → Nairobi