Nairobi to Johannesburg runs about 64 times a day, with the first departure around 06:25 and the last around 20:54. One passenger pays between €219.62 and €258.56, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 21m over 3,013 km, on services run by 8 operators across 1 mode.
What one seat costs
The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 8 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.
Typical fares · Priced for October 6, 2026
€219.62 to €258.56
- 259%Moves across the booking window
When it runs, leaving Nairobi
No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.
- 06:25First departure
- 20:54Last departure
- 64Services per day
- 100%Run direct
Fares by date
What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.
Typical fares
- about €633.80Sat19
- about €512.85Sun20
- about €434.97Mon21
- about €346.47Tue22
- about €371.84Wed23
- about €473.91Thu24
- about €433.20Fri25
- about €356.50Sat26
- about €330.54Sun27
- about €286.29Mon28
- about €282.16Tue29
- about €299.27Wed30
- about €350.60Thu1
- about €324.05Fri2
- about €275.67Sat3
- about €258.56Sun4
- about €221.39Mon5
- about €219.62Tue6
- about €234.37Wed7
- about €292.78Thu8
- about €271.54Fri9
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.
The flight gets you into Johannesburg. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.
A room in Johannesburg for the night the flight gets in
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When to book Nairobi to Johannesburg
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €301.6390 days
- €176.5560 days
- €180.6845 days
- €222.5730 days
- €271.5421 days
- €324.0514 days
- €433.207 days
- €434.973 days
- €633.801 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €176.55.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 259 percent. The most expensive point is €633.80, 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.
Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.
This corridor, specifically
Facts that apply to Nairobi to Johannesburg and to no other route on the site.
Clocks
1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.
The shape of it
3,013 km
2,926 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs south.
Who lives at each end
4,397,073 → 9,418,183
Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.
How we know
0/2
2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.
The route
What the journey looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 3,013 km against 2,926 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Johannesburg is large, and the road in from JNB can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.
A car waiting when you land in Johannesburg
Settled in advance, so the ride into Johannesburg costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.
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Who runs this route
The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.
Baggage storage near Johannesburg Park Station
Most of the points near Johannesburg Park Station open before the first train and close after the last one.
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Questions about Nairobi to Johannesburg
The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Nairobi to Johannesburg?
The fastest journey from Nairobi to Johannesburg takes 7h 21m door to door, of which 4h 11m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 7h 40m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.
How much does it cost to travel from Nairobi to Johannesburg?
The cheapest fare from Nairobi to Johannesburg is €219.62, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €391.31. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.
What is the cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Johannesburg?
The cheapest way from Nairobi to Johannesburg is by flight, at €219.62 for one passenger on October 6, 2026. That journey takes 7h 21m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.
When should I book Nairobi to Johannesburg?
Fares from Nairobi to Johannesburg bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €176.55. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 259 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.
Which day of the week is cheapest for Nairobi to Johannesburg?
Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Nairobi to Johannesburg, at €282.16. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.
Which month is cheapest for Nairobi to Johannesburg?
February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Nairobi to Johannesburg, at €185.99 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.
Who runs service from Nairobi to Johannesburg?
No operator record names Nairobi to Johannesburg directly. Air Atlanta Icelandic, Airlink (SAA), Etihad Airways, Kenya Airways, Martinair, Qatar Airways publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.
Is there a direct service from Nairobi to Johannesburg?
Every service we sell from Nairobi to Johannesburg is direct, with around 64 departures a day and a fastest journey of 7h 21m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.
Which station or terminal do services from Nairobi to Johannesburg use?
Services from Nairobi to Johannesburg by flight leave from Nairobi NBO and arrive at Johannesburg JNB. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.
Can I change or refund a ticket from Nairobi to Johannesburg?
0 of the 8 operators we sell from Nairobi to Johannesburg allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.
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.
Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.
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, Distances
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Nairobi to Johannesburg on September 18, 2026: 3013 km of route against 2926 km in a straight line, 64 services a day, 8 operators a cheapest fare of €219.62, and 7h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Johannesburg is somebody else's catalog.
Day trips out of Johannesburg and across South Africa
Day trips that leave Johannesburg in the morning and cover a good part of South Africa by evening.
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The two ends, compared
Nairobi reaches 84 places in 48 countries on services we hold, over distances from 51 to 14,445 km. Johannesburg reaches 104 places in 45 countries, from 41 to 13,566 km.
Other ways to make this journey
Leaving Nairobi
- 84Places you can leave for
- 48Countries
- 33Operators
Arriving in Johannesburg
Leaving Johannesburg
- 104Places you can leave for
- 45Countries
- 46Operators