Distance from Nairobi to Rome
The great-circle distance between Nairobi, Kenya and Rome, Italy is 5,387 km (3,347 mi · 2,909 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 5,387 km · 3,347 mi · 2,909 nmi
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Rome
- 336° (NNW)
- Initial bearing Rome → Nairobi
- 147° (SSE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 7 h 00 min
- Time zones
- Nairobi UTC+03:00 · Rome UTC+02:00 (-1 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 34 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
- Rome
- 41.8919, 12.5113
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 04:11 UTC / 18:22 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.