✈ NBO → CDG
NAIROBI → PARIS: 8H 29M, 4,036 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Nairobi to Paris
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Paris → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Paris?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Paris (CDG) takes about 8 hours 29 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,036 miles (6,495 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 29m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,036 mi
6,495 km · great-circle
Avg speed
766 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Paris timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Paris
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 Paris
Nearest origins
- Brussels → Paris
- London → Paris
- Amsterdam → Paris
- Frankfurt → Paris
- Zurich → Paris
- Manchester → Paris
- Milan → Paris
- Munich → Paris
- Dublin → Paris
- Prague → Paris
Long-haul to Paris
- Auckland → Paris
- Sydney → Paris
- Melbourne → Paris
- Bali (Denpasar) → Paris
- Santiago → Paris
- Buenos Aires → Paris
- Manila → Paris
- Singapore → Paris
- Kuala Lumpur → Paris
- Taipei → Paris