✈ TPE → NBO
12H 3M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Taipei to Nairobi
From Taoyuan (TPE), Taiwan Asia → Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa
↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Taipei
How long is the flight from Taipei to Nairobi?
A nonstop flight from Taipei (TPE) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 12 hours 3 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,901 miles (9,497 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 3m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,901 mi
9,497 km · great-circle
Avg speed
788 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Taipei timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Taipei
Nairobi timezone
UTC+3
Africa/Nairobi
Time difference
-5h
5 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~3.5d
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.
Flights from Taipei
Nearest destinations
- Taipei → Shanghai
- Taipei → Hong Kong
- Taipei → Manila
- Taipei → Seoul
- Taipei → Osaka
- Taipei → Beijing
- Taipei → Tokyo
- Taipei → Bangkok
- Taipei → Singapore
- Taipei → Kuala Lumpur
Long-haul from Taipei
- Taipei → Buenos Aires
- Taipei → São Paulo
- Taipei → Santiago
- Taipei → Rio de Janeiro
- Taipei → Cancun
- Taipei → Miami
- Taipei → Mexico City
- Taipei → Atlanta
- Taipei → Cape Town
- Taipei → New York
More flights to Africa
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