✈ NBO → LHR
8H 54M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from Nairobi to London
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe
↔ Flying the other way? London → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to London?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to London (LHR) takes about 8 hours 54 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,251 miles (6,841 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 54m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,251 mi
6,841 km · great-circle
Avg speed
769 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
London timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Time difference
-2h
2 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.4d
Westward — easier
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
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Flights to London
Nearest origins
- Manchester → London
- Paris → London
- Brussels → London
- Amsterdam → London
- Dublin → London
- Edinburgh → London
- Frankfurt → London
- Zurich → London
- Milan → London
- Munich → London
Long-haul to London
- Auckland → London
- Sydney → London
- Melbourne → London
- Bali (Denpasar) → London
- Santiago → London
- Buenos Aires → London
- Singapore → London
- Manila → London
- Kuala Lumpur → London
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