Distance from Barcelona to Nairobi
Barcelona (Spain) and Nairobi (Kenya) are 5,891 km apart — that's 3,660 miles or 3,181 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,891 km · 3,660 mi · 3,181 nmi
- Initial bearing Barcelona → Nairobi
- 135° (SE)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Barcelona
- 328° (NNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Barcelona UTC+02:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 77 min — the sun rises later in Barcelona
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Barcelona
- 41.3888, 2.1590
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:54 UTC / 19:02 UTC
- Nairobi
- -1.2833, 36.8167
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:37 UTC / 15:41 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.