✈ NBO → PVG
12H 11M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,963 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Nairobi to Shanghai
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Pudong (PVG), China Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Shanghai → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Shanghai?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Shanghai (PVG) takes about 12 hours 11 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,963 miles (9,597 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 11m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,963 mi
9,597 km · great-circle
Avg speed
788 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Shanghai timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Shanghai
Time difference
+5h
5 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~5d
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 Shanghai
Nearest origins
- Taipei → Shanghai
- Seoul → Shanghai
- Beijing → Shanghai
- Hong Kong → Shanghai
- Osaka → Shanghai
- Tokyo → Shanghai
- Manila → Shanghai
- Bangkok → Shanghai
- Kuala Lumpur → Shanghai
- Singapore → Shanghai
Long-haul to Shanghai
- Buenos Aires → Shanghai
- Santiago → Shanghai
- São Paulo → Shanghai
- Rio de Janeiro → Shanghai
- Cancun → Shanghai
- Miami → Shanghai
- Cape Town → Shanghai
- Mexico City → Shanghai
- Atlanta → Shanghai
- New York → Shanghai