✈ NBO → KIX
13H 40M FROM NAIROBI TO OSAKA. THIS IS A LIFESTYLE NOW.
Flight from Nairobi to Osaka
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Kansai (KIX), Japan Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Osaka → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Osaka?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Osaka (KIX) takes about 13 hours 40 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,744 miles (10,853 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
13h 40m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,744 mi
10,853 km · great-circle
Avg speed
794 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Osaka timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Tokyo
Time difference
+6h
6 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~6d
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 Osaka
Nearest origins
- Tokyo → Osaka
- Seoul → Osaka
- Shanghai → Osaka
- Taipei → Osaka
- Beijing → Osaka
- Hong Kong → Osaka
- Manila → Osaka
- Bangkok → Osaka
- Singapore → Osaka
- Kuala Lumpur → Osaka
Long-haul to Osaka
- São Paulo → Osaka
- Buenos Aires → Osaka
- Rio de Janeiro → Osaka
- Santiago → Osaka
- Cape Town → Osaka
- Johannesburg → Osaka
- Cancun → Osaka
- Miami → Osaka
- Mexico City → Osaka
- Casablanca → Osaka