✈ SYD → NBO
SYDNEY → NAIROBI: 15H 12M. BUSINESS CLASS OR THERAPY. PICK ONE.
Flight from Sydney to Nairobi
From Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Sydney
How long is the flight from Sydney to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 15 hours 12 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,540 miles (12,135 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
15h 12m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
7,540 mi
12,135 km · great-circle
Avg speed
799 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Sydney timezone
UTC+10
Australia/Sydney
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Time difference
-7h
7 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~4.9d
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.
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- Sydney → Hong Kong
- Sydney → Bangkok
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Long-haul from Sydney
- Sydney → Lisbon
- Sydney → Casablanca
- Sydney → Madrid
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- Sydney → Barcelona
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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