Distance from Delhi to Nairobi
The great-circle distance between Delhi, India and Nairobi, Kenya is 5,439 km (3,379 mi · 2,937 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,439 km · 3,379 mi · 2,937 nmi
- Initial bearing Delhi → Nairobi
- 239° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Delhi
- 49° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 03 min
- Time zones
- Delhi UTC+05:30 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (-2.5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 200 min — the sun rises earlier in Delhi
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
- Delhi
- 28.6519, 77.2315
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 00:17 UTC / 13:38 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.