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4187.6 Km - Total Flight Distance from Nairobi to Cape Town, Connected by Johannesburg

You take off from Nairobi and fly 2925.7 Km to Johannesburg, then fly another 1261.9 Km from Johannesburg to Cape Town for 4187.6 Kilometers.

If you were to fly directly to Cape Town, your flight would be 4103.6 kilometers - the extra 84 kilometers is due to your in between flight to Johannesburg, South Africa.

Flight Distance in Miles

  • 2602.1 miles total air travel to Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • 1817.9 Mi from Nairobi to Johannesburg.
  • 784.1 Mi from Johannesburg to Cape Town.

Flight Distance in Nautical Miles

  • 2261.1 nautical miles total air travel to Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • 1579.7 NM from Nairobi to Johannesburg.
  • 681.4 NM from Johannesburg to Cape Town.

Flight Coordinates

Nairobi Lat: -1.292066
Nairobi Long: 36.821946
Johannesburg Lat: -26.204103
Johannesburg Long: 28.047305
Cape Town Lat: -33.924868
Cape Town Long: 18.424055

Using a 16-point compass rose, we determine:

  • Johannesburg, South Africa being SSW or 202.50° of Nairobi, Kenya
  • Cape Town, South Africa being SSW or 202.50° of Nairobi, Kenya

See geographic coordinates for Cape Town as well as coordinates for Johannesburg.

Flight Distance Summary

Your flight distance starts from Nairobi and ends at Cape Town. You will have a connecting flight in Johannesburg.

If you're still considering flying, you may want to know how long it will take you to get to your destination. For details, see the flight time from Nairobi to Johannesburg to Cape Town.

In addition to knowing the flight time to Cape Town, you may also want to know how elevated the land is due to the fact that this can have an impact on the altitude at which the plane flies. For more details see: route elevation from Nairobi to Johannesburg to Cape Town.

If you'd prefer to drive, it's possible to reach Cape Town by car. To see how far from Nairobi it is, see distance from Nairobi to Johannesburg to Cape Town.

If you'd like, you can also see a map of the trip so that you can get a better look at the road. See the road map from Nairobi to Johannesburg to Cape Town.

If you're up for the road trip, you can take a look at the driving directions from Nairobi to Johannesburg to Cape Town.

Of course you may also want to figure out whether it's worth driving as opposed to flying and you can do so by calculating the fuel cost from Nairobi to Johannesburg to Cape Town.

So how long would it take you to drive to Cape Town? Check out the travel time from Nairobi to Johannesburg to Cape Town.

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