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✈ MEX → NBO

18H 24M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
18h 24m
Distance
9,210 mi
Or
14,822 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Mexico City to Nairobi

From Benito Juárez (MEX), Mexico North America  →  Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Mexico City

How long is the flight from Mexico City to Nairobi?

A nonstop flight from Mexico City (MEX) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 18 hours 24 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,210 miles (14,822 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

18h 24m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

9,210 mi

14,822 km · great-circle

Avg speed

806 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Mexico City timezone

UTC-6

America/Mexico_City

Nairobi timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Nairobi

Time difference

+9h

9 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~9d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2194 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2535 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 608 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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