Nairobi (NBO) to Edinburgh (EDI): 4,555 miles (7,331 km) great-circle, about 9h 35m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $1203 round-trip on Qatar, with 1 stop, departing May 6, 2026.
$1203 round-trip, Qatar QR1342, departing 2026-05-06 at 01:20, returning 2026-05-06. The recorded itinerary left on a Wednesday and came back the same day; the fare was observed 11 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $1203, it ranked 24th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from NBO (median $615). That is 26.4 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), close to the NBO median of 26.4 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from NBO of similar length: Kazan (3,995 mi) at $1361 and Almaty (3,960 mi) at $913.
Qatar had the cheapest fare on 3 of 30 NBO routes. It is the 8th longest of the 30 routes we track from NBO.
Of 4 departure airports with a fare to Edinburgh, Nairobi (NBO) ranked 4th at $1203. Lowest: $61 from London (LGW); highest: $1203 from Nairobi (NBO); 2 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): British Airways (1), easyJet (1), Icelandair (1) and Qatar (1).
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Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Africa/Nairobi, Europe/London; flight time is our estimate.