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NBO Nairobi ⇄ ZNZ Zanzibar

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (Kenya) and Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (Tanzania): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance602 km374 mi325 nautical miles
NBO → ZNZ1 h 45 minestimated block time
ZNZ → NBO1 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hZanzibar vs Nairobi, today
Great-circle route from Nairobi (NBO) to Zanzibar (ZNZ)NBONairobiZNZZanzibar
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

NBO → ZNZ

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 155° (SSE).

Leave Nairobi Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Zanzibar Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

ZNZ → NBO

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 335° (NNW).

Leave Zanzibar Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Nairobi Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

The two directions differ by 0 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance602 km · 374 mi · 325 nmi
Initial heading155° (SSE) from NBO; 335° (NNW) from ZNZ
Farthest from the equator6.2°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip3% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

NBOAfrica/Nairobi — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
ZNZAfrica/Dar_es_Salaam — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceZanzibar is on the same clock as Nairobi today.

Jet lag, flying NBO → ZNZ. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

NBO Jomo Kenyatta International AirportNairobi, Kenya · longest runway 13,507 ft4,117 m ZNZ Abeid Amani Karume International AirportZanzibar, Tanzania · longest runway 9,915 ft3,022 m

More routes from NBO and ZNZ

NBOADD Nairobi – Addis Ababa 1,164 km723 mi · 2 h 20 min JNBNBO Johannesburg – Nairobi 2,912 km1,810 mi · 4 h 20 min AMSNBO Amsterdam – Nairobi 6,677 km4,149 mi · 8 h 25 min LHRNBO London – Nairobi 6,841 km4,251 mi · 8 h 35 min

Routes of a similar length

LAXSMF Los Angeles – Sacramento 600 km373 mi · 1 h 45 min VIEZRH Vienna – Zurich 603 km375 mi · 1 h 50 min HAMMUC Hamburg – Munich 600 km373 mi · 1 h 45 min SVOLED Moscow – St. Petersburg 598 km371 mi · 1 h 45 min

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Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).