Nairobi, Kenya → Cairo, Egypt
1,908 nautical miles · Direction: northwest
The straight-line distance from Nairobi to Cairo is 3,534 km (2,196 miles). Cairo lies roughly north of Nairobi; the initial great-circle bearing is 351° (N). It is an international route from Kenya to Egypt.
Nairobi (Nairobi, Kenya) sits at 1.2921°S, 36.8219°E; Cairo (Greater Cairo, Egypt) is at 30.0444°N, 31.2357°E. The initial great-circle bearing is 351° (N); on a great circle the heading changes along the way.
| Mode | Figure | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| ✈️ Flight | ~4h 55min | Estimate: 800 km/h + 30 min taxi. Not a schedule; total trip time is longer. |
| 🚗 Road | No estimate | No road estimate |
SnapDistance does not publish a road-distance or driving-time figure for Nairobi to Cairo. Although the land is physically connected, a continuous drive would cross several international borders and long corridors where an ordinary road journey cannot be assumed, so a straight-line road estimate would not describe a usable route.
The geographic halfway point of the great-circle path between Nairobi and Cairo lies at approximately 14.3925°N, 34.2298°E — the position that is an equal 1,767 km from each city along that path. It is a geometric midpoint, not a halfway point by road.
Depending on the date, Cairo (Africa/Cairo) is 1 hour behind or on the same time as Nairobi (Africa/Nairobi), because daylight saving changes on different dates in the two zones or applies in only one of them.
Nairobi uses the Kenyan Shilling (KES), while Cairo uses the Egyptian Pound (EGP). The primary language changes from Swahili / English in Nairobi to Arabic in Cairo.
All distances from Nairobi · All distances from Cairo
The straight-line distance from Nairobi to Cairo is approximately 3,534 km (2,196 miles, 1,908 nautical miles).
Cairo lies roughly north of Nairobi; the initial great-circle bearing is 351° (N).
Estimated flight time is about 4h 55min (great-circle distance at 800 km/h plus 30 min for taxi, take-off and landing). It is not an airline schedule; total airport-to-airport trip time is longer.
SnapDistance does not publish a road-distance or driving-time figure for Nairobi to Cairo. Although the land is physically connected, a continuous drive would cross several international borders and long corridors where an ordinary road journey cannot be assumed, so a straight-line road estimate would not describe a usable route.
Depending on the date, Cairo (Africa/Cairo) is 1 hour behind or on the same time as Nairobi (Africa/Nairobi), because daylight saving changes on different dates in the two zones or applies in only one of them.
Straight-line distance uses the great-circle (Haversine) method. Flight and road figures, where shown, are estimates rather than schedules or live routing. How SnapDistance calculates distances