✈ FCO → NBO

7H 11M. ROME TO NAIROBI. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.

Flight time
7h 11m
Distance
3,355 mi
Or
5,400 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Rome to Nairobi

From Fiumicino (FCO), Italy Europe  →  Jomo Kenyatta (NBO), Kenya Africa

↔ Flying the other way? Nairobi → Rome

How long is the flight from Rome to Nairobi?

A nonstop flight from Rome (FCO) to Nairobi (NBO) takes about 7 hours 11 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,355 miles (5,400 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

7h 11m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

3,355 mi

5,400 km · great-circle

Avg speed

752 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Rome timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Rome

Nairobi timezone

UTC+3

Africa/Nairobi

Time difference

+1h

1 hour ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~1d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 799 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 923 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 221 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.