✈ NBO → ZRH
NAIROBI → ZURICH: 8H, 3,780 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Nairobi to Zurich
From Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa → Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Zurich → Nairobi
How long is the flight from Nairobi to Zurich?
A nonstop flight from Nairobi (NBO) to Zurich (ZRH) takes about 8 hours, covering a great-circle distance of 3,780 miles (6,084 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,780 mi
6,084 km · great-circle
Avg speed
761 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Zurich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Zurich
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 Zurich
Nearest origins
- Milan → Zurich
- Munich → Zurich
- Frankfurt → Zurich
- Paris → Zurich
- Brussels → Zurich
- Prague → Zurich
- Amsterdam → Zurich
- Vienna → Zurich
- Berlin → Zurich
- Rome → Zurich
Long-haul to Zurich
- Auckland → Zurich
- Sydney → Zurich
- Melbourne → Zurich
- Bali (Denpasar) → Zurich
- Santiago → Zurich
- Buenos Aires → Zurich
- Manila → Zurich
- Singapore → Zurich
- Kuala Lumpur → Zurich
- Mexico City → Zurich