✈ EDI → NBO
9H 29M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Edinburgh to Nairobi
From Edinburgh Airport (EDI), United Kingdom Europe → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Edinburgh
How long is the flight from Edinburgh to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Edinburgh (EDI) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 9 hours 29 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,555 miles (7,331 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 29m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,555 mi
7,331 km · great-circle
Avg speed
774 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Edinburgh timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Time difference
+2h
2 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~2d
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 Edinburgh
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Long-haul from Edinburgh
- Edinburgh → Auckland
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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