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✈ GIG → NBO

11H 24M, 5,558 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

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

↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Rio de Janeiro

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.

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