✈ BOM → NBO

6H 9M. MUMBAI TO NAIROBI. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.

Flight time
6h 9m
Distance
2,817 mi
Or
4,533 km
Jet lag
2.5h

Flight from Mumbai to Nairobi

From Chhatrapati Shivaji (BOM), India Asia  →  Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa

How long is the flight from Mumbai to Nairobi?

A nonstop flight from Mumbai (BOM) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 6 hours 9 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,817 miles (4,533 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

6h 9m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

2,817 mi

4,533 km · great-circle

Avg speed

738 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Mumbai timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Nairobi timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Nairobi

Time difference

-2.5h

2h 30m behind

Jet lag (rough)

~1.8d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 671 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 775 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 186 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.