✈ GIG → NBO

11H 24M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
11h 24m
Distance
5,558 mi
Or
8,944 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Rio de Janeiro to Nairobi

From Galeão (GIG), Brazil South America  →  Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa

How long is the flight from Rio de Janeiro to Nairobi?

A nonstop flight from Rio de Janeiro (GIG) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 11 hours 24 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,558 miles (8,944 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 24m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,558 mi

8,944 km · great-circle

Avg speed

785 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rio de Janeiro timezone

UTC-3

America/Sao_Paulo

Nairobi timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Nairobi

Time difference

+6h

6 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~6d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1324 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1529 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 367 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.