Distance from Istanbul to Nairobi
Flying the shortest possible route, Nairobi lies 4,770 km (2,964 miles, 2,576 nautical miles) from Istanbul — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 4,770 km · 2,964 mi · 2,576 nmi
- Initial bearing Istanbul → Nairobi
- 168° (SSE)
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Istanbul
- 351° (N)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 6 h 16 min
- Time zones
- Istanbul UTC+03:00 · Nairobi UTC+03:00 (+0 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 30 min — the sun rises earlier in Istanbul
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
- Istanbul
- 41.0138, 28.9497
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:07 UTC / 17:14 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.