✈ LHR → NBO
8H 54M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from London to Nairobi
From Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → London
How long is the flight from London to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from London (LHR) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 8 hours 54 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,251 miles (6,841 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 54m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,251 mi
6,841 km · great-circle
Avg speed
769 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
London 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 London
Nearest destinations
- London → Manchester
- London → Paris
- London → Brussels
- London → Amsterdam
- London → Dublin
- London → Edinburgh
- London → Frankfurt
- London → Zurich
- London → Milan
- London → Munich
Long-haul from London
- London → Auckland
- London → Sydney
- London → Melbourne
- London → Bali (Denpasar)
- London → Santiago
- London → Buenos Aires
- London → Singapore
- London → Manila
- London → Kuala Lumpur
- London → Taipei
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
- Cancun → Nairobi
- Atlanta → Nairobi