✈ NBO → BKK
9H 21M IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.
Flight from Nairobi to Bangkok
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Suvarnabhumi (BKK), Thailand Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Bangkok → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Bangkok?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Bangkok (BKK) takes about 9 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,489 miles (7,225 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 21m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,489 mi
7,225 km · great-circle
Avg speed
773 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Bangkok timezone
UTC+7
Asia/Bangkok
Time difference
+4h
4 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~4d
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 Nairobi
Nearest destinations
- Nairobi → Johannesburg
- Nairobi → Doha
- Nairobi → Abu Dhabi
- Nairobi → Cairo
- Nairobi → Dubai
- Nairobi → Tel Aviv
- Nairobi → Cape Town
- Nairobi → Mumbai
- Nairobi → Athens
- Nairobi → Istanbul
Long-haul from Nairobi
- Nairobi → Los Angeles
- Nairobi → San Francisco
- Nairobi → Las Vegas
- Nairobi → Mexico City
- Nairobi → Seattle
- Nairobi → Vancouver
- Nairobi → Dallas
- Nairobi → Auckland
- Nairobi → Cancun
- Nairobi → Atlanta
More flights to Asia
Flights to Bangkok
Nearest origins
- Kuala Lumpur → Bangkok
- Singapore → Bangkok
- Hong Kong → Bangkok
- Manila → Bangkok
- Taipei → Bangkok
- Shanghai → Bangkok
- Delhi → Bangkok
- Bali (Denpasar) → Bangkok
- Mumbai → Bangkok
- Beijing → Bangkok
Long-haul to Bangkok
- Santiago → Bangkok
- Buenos Aires → Bangkok
- São Paulo → Bangkok
- Rio de Janeiro → Bangkok
- Cancun → Bangkok
- Mexico City → Bangkok
- Miami → Bangkok
- Atlanta → Bangkok
- Dallas → Bangkok
- New York → Bangkok