Distance from Nairobi to Rio de Janeiro
Nairobi (Kenya) and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) are 8,928 km apart — that's 5,548 miles or 4,821 nautical miles, measured along the great circle (the shortest path over the Earth's surface).
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,928 km · 5,548 mi · 4,821 nmi
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Rio de Janeiro
- 247° (WSW)
- Initial bearing Rio de Janeiro → Nairobi
- 87° (E)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 11 h 10 min
- Time zones
- Nairobi UTC+03:00 · Rio de Janeiro UTC-03:00 (-6 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 346 min — the sun rises earlier in Nairobi
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
- Nairobi
- -1.2833, 36.8167
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 03:37 UTC / 15:41 UTC
- Rio de Janeiro
- -22.9064, -43.1822
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 09:24 UTC / 20:35 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.