✈ NBO → DXB
4H 59M FLIGHT. 2,211 MILES. YOUR PHONE WILL DIE.
Flight from Nairobi to Dubai
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Dubai International (DXB), UAE Middle East
↔ Flying the other way? Dubai → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Dubai?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Dubai (DXB) takes about 4 hours 59 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,211 miles (3,559 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 59m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
2,211 mi
3,559 km · great-circle
Avg speed
714 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Dubai timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Nairobi
Nearest destinations
- Nairobi → Johannesburg
- Nairobi → Doha
- Nairobi → Abu Dhabi
- Nairobi → Cairo
- Nairobi → Tel Aviv
- Nairobi → Cape Town
- Nairobi → Mumbai
- Nairobi → Athens
- Nairobi → Istanbul
- Nairobi → Bucharest
Long-haul from Nairobi
Flights to Dubai
Nearest origins
- Abu Dhabi → Dubai
- Doha → Dubai
- Mumbai → Dubai
- Tel Aviv → Dubai
- Delhi → Dubai
- Cairo → Dubai
- Istanbul → Dubai
- Athens → Dubai
- Bucharest → Dubai
- Budapest → Dubai
Long-haul to Dubai
- Santiago → Dubai
- Mexico City → Dubai
- Auckland → Dubai
- Buenos Aires → Dubai
- Cancun → Dubai
- Los Angeles → Dubai
- Las Vegas → Dubai
- San Francisco → Dubai
- Dallas → Dubai
- Miami → Dubai