✈ NBO → MAN
NAIROBI → MANCHESTER: 9H 11M, 4,397 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Nairobi to Manchester
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Manchester Airport (MAN), United Kingdom Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Manchester → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Manchester?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Manchester (MAN) takes about 9 hours 11 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,397 miles (7,077 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
9h 11m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,397 mi
7,077 km · great-circle
Avg speed
771 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Manchester 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 Manchester
Nearest origins
- London → Manchester
- Dublin → Manchester
- Edinburgh → Manchester
- Amsterdam → Manchester
- Brussels → Manchester
- Paris → Manchester
- Frankfurt → Manchester
- Copenhagen → Manchester
- Zurich → Manchester
- Berlin → Manchester
Long-haul to Manchester
- Auckland → Manchester
- Sydney → Manchester
- Melbourne → Manchester
- Bali (Denpasar) → Manchester
- Santiago → Manchester
- Buenos Aires → Manchester
- Singapore → Manchester
- Manila → Manchester
- Kuala Lumpur → Manchester
- Cape Town → Manchester