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✈ SFO → NBO

19H 9M, 9,605 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
19h 9m
Distance
9,605 mi
Or
15,457 km
Jet lag
10h

Flight from San Francisco to Nairobi

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Nairobi?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 19 hours 9 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,605 miles (15,457 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

19h 9m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

9,605 mi

15,457 km · great-circle

Avg speed

807 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Nairobi timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Nairobi

Time difference

+10h

10 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~10d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2288 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2643 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 634 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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