✈ NBO → MAD
NAIROBI → MADRID: 8H 8M, 3,850 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Nairobi to Madrid
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Barajas (MAD), Spain Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Madrid → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Madrid?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Madrid (MAD) takes about 8 hours 8 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,850 miles (6,196 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 8m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,850 mi
6,196 km · great-circle
Avg speed
762 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Madrid timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Madrid
Time difference
-1h
1 hour behind
Jet lag (rough)
~0.7d
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
More flights to Europe
Flights to Madrid
Nearest origins
- Barcelona → Madrid
- Lisbon → Madrid
- Casablanca → Madrid
- Paris → Madrid
- Milan → Madrid
- Zurich → Madrid
- London → Madrid
- Brussels → Madrid
- Rome → Madrid
- Frankfurt → Madrid
Long-haul to Madrid
- Auckland → Madrid
- Sydney → Madrid
- Melbourne → Madrid
- Bali (Denpasar) → Madrid
- Manila → Madrid
- Singapore → Madrid
- Kuala Lumpur → Madrid
- Tokyo → Madrid
- Taipei → Madrid
- Santiago → Madrid