Distance from Nairobi to São Paulo

Flying the shortest possible route, São Paulo lies 9,283 km (5,768 miles, 5,013 nautical miles) from Nairobi — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.

The numbers
Great-circle distance
9,283 km · 5,768 mi · 5,013 nmi
Initial bearing Nairobi → São Paulo
246° (WSW)
Initial bearing São Paulo → Nairobi
89° (E)
Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
≈ 11 h 35 min
Time zones
Nairobi UTC+03:00 · São Paulo UTC-03:00 (-6 h)
Sunrise gap today
361 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
São Paulo
-23.5475, -46.6361
Sunrise / sunset today
09:38 UTC / 20:48 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.