Nairobi to London flight

Flights from Nairobi to London start at €561.23 and take 12h 23m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Nairobi to London starts at €561.23 and takes 12h 23m door to door, run by 3 operators over 7,024 km, with around 19 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked 15 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 12h 23mDoor to door
  • 9h 13mMoving
  • €561.23 to €1,325.87From
  • 06:16 to 19:36First and last departure
  • 19Per day
  • 1039.6 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€561.23 to €1,325.87 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €1,062.73Wed16
  2. about €1,325.87Thu17
  3. about €993.70Fri18
  4. about €1,037.36Sat19
  5. about €1,006.09Sun20
  6. about €826.73Mon21
  7. about €642.06Tue22
  8. about €686.90Wed23
  9. about €928.80Thu24
  10. about €804.31Fri25
  11. about €864.49Sat26
  12. about €788.38Sun27
  13. about €724.07Mon28
  14. about €561.23Tue29

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€521.11
  1. Swiss International Air Lines SI739907:309h 29m16:59Nairobi NBOZürich ZRH
  2. British Airways BA961118:191h 32m19:51Zürich ZRHLondon LHR

Changes at Zürich, with 80 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 15h 31mCO2 1121.8 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Fastest€692.80
  1. British Airways BA316712:439h 13m21:56Nairobi NBOLondon LGW

Door to door 12h 23mCO2 1039.6 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€645.01
  1. Air France AF366807:309h 25m16:55Nairobi NBOParis BVA
  2. Eurostar E278317:402h 33m20:13Paris Gare de LyonLondon St Pancras International

Changes at Paris, with 45 minutes between services and a walk of about 14 minutes.

Door to door 14h 40mCO2 999.5 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFrom
British Airways€561.23
Kenya Airways€539.99
Allied Air€527.01

The flight gets you into London. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in London for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Nairobi to London

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €542.9490 days
  2. €519.3460 days
  3. €531.7345 days
  4. €598.4030 days
  5. €521.1121 days
  6. €561.2314 days
  7. €642.067 days
  8. €993.703 days
  9. €1,062.731 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €519.34.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 105 percent. The dearest point is €1,062.73, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €788.38Sun
  2. €724.07Mon
  3. €561.23Tue
  4. €686.90Wed
  5. €928.80Thu
  6. €804.31Fri
  7. €864.49Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Nairobi

Air
  • NBO

London

Air
  • LGW
  • STN
  • LHR
  • LTN
  • LCY
  • SEN
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
79% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 21% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 7,024 km against 6,819 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Paris, Brussels, Rome, Zürich. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Nairobi at 06:16 and the last at 19:36, across 19 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Nairobi to London

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Nairobi to London take?

The Flight from Nairobi to London takes 12h 23m door to door, of which 9h 13m is spent moving. The route runs 7,024 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Nairobi to London cost?

The Flight from Nairobi to London starts at €561.23 for one passenger, as of 15 September 2026. A typical fare is €645.01. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Nairobi to London?

3 operators run the Flight from Nairobi to London: British Airways, Kenya Airways, Allied Air. Between them they file around 19 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Nairobi to London use?

The Flight from Nairobi to London leaves from Nairobi NBO and arrives at London LGW. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Nairobi to London?

Fares for the Flight from Nairobi to London bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €519.34. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 105 percent, measured on 15 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Nairobi to London produce?

The Flight from Nairobi to London produces about 1039.6 kg of CO2 per passenger over 7024 km, which works out at roughly 148 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Nairobi to London on 15 September 2026: 7024 km of route against 6819 km in a straight line, 19 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of €561.23, and 12h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Related journeys

London is large, and the road in from LGW can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

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A car waiting when you land in London

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