Distance from Nairobi to Singapore
Flying the shortest possible route, Singapore lies 7,459 km (4,635 miles, 4,027 nautical miles) from Nairobi — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 7,459 km · 4,635 mi · 4,027 nmi
- Initial bearing Nairobi → Singapore
- 88° (E)
- Initial bearing Singapore → Nairobi
- 268° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 9 h 26 min
- Time zones
- Nairobi UTC+03:00 · Singapore UTC+08:00 (+5 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 271 min — the sun rises later 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
- Singapore
- 1.2897, 103.8501
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:06 UTC / 11:16 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.