✈ MAN → NBO
MANCHESTER → NAIROBI: 9H 11M, 4,397 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Manchester to Nairobi
From Manchester Airport (MAN), United Kingdom Europe → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Manchester
How long is the flight from Manchester to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Manchester (MAN) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 9 hours 11 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,397 miles (7,077 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 11m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,397 mi
7,077 km · great-circle
Avg speed
771 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Manchester 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 Manchester
Nearest destinations
- Manchester → London
- Manchester → Dublin
- Manchester → Edinburgh
- Manchester → Amsterdam
- Manchester → Brussels
- Manchester → Paris
- Manchester → Frankfurt
- Manchester → Copenhagen
- Manchester → Zurich
- Manchester → Berlin
Long-haul from Manchester
- Manchester → Auckland
- Manchester → Sydney
- Manchester → Melbourne
- Manchester → Bali (Denpasar)
- Manchester → Santiago
- Manchester → Buenos Aires
- Manchester → Singapore
- Manchester → Manila
- Manchester → Kuala Lumpur
- Manchester → Cape Town
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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