Distance from Buenos Aires to Nairobi
Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Nairobi (Kenya) are 10,401 km apart — that's 6,463 miles or 5,616 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,401 km · 6,463 mi · 5,616 nmi
- Initial bearing Buenos Aires → Nairobi
- 94° (E)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Buenos Aires
- 235° (SW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 54 min
- Time zones
- Buenos Aires UTC-03:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 425 min — the sun rises later in Buenos Aires
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
- Buenos Aires
- -34.6131, -58.3772
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:42 UTC / 21:18 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.