✈ FCO → NBO
7H 11M IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.
Flight from Rome to Nairobi
From Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Rome
How long is the flight from Rome to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Rome (FCO) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 7 hours 11 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,355 miles (5,400 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
7h 11m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,355 mi
5,400 km · great-circle
Avg speed
752 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Rome timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Rome
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
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 Rome
Nearest destinations
- Rome → Milan
- Rome → Zurich
- Rome → Munich
- Rome → Vienna
- Rome → Budapest
- Rome → Barcelona
- Rome → Prague
- Rome → Frankfurt
- Rome → Athens
- Rome → Paris
Long-haul from Rome
- Rome → Auckland
- Rome → Sydney
- Rome → Melbourne
- Rome → Santiago
- Rome → Bali (Denpasar)
- Rome → Buenos Aires
- Rome → Manila
- Rome → Mexico City
- Rome → Los Angeles
- Rome → San Francisco
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Flights to Nairobi
Nearest origins
- Johannesburg → Nairobi
- Doha → Nairobi
- Abu Dhabi → Nairobi
- Cairo → Nairobi
- Dubai → Nairobi
- Tel Aviv → Nairobi
- Cape Town → Nairobi
- Mumbai → Nairobi
- Athens → Nairobi
- Istanbul → Nairobi
Long-haul to Nairobi
- Los Angeles → Nairobi
- San Francisco → Nairobi
- Las Vegas → Nairobi
- Mexico City → Nairobi
- Seattle → Nairobi
- Vancouver → Nairobi
- Dallas → Nairobi
- Auckland → Nairobi
- Cancun → Nairobi
- Atlanta → Nairobi