RareNonstop · 1h
DXB to DOHQatar
Doha
$180
usually $315
−43%
Most monthly lows $243–$345. Cheaper than every other month on record (6).
Flights · DXB → NBO
Dubai to Nairobi
Best fare, round trip
$332
−25%
below its usual $440
you keep $108
GoodFound
- Depart
- Wed 21 Oct
- Return
- Wed 4 Nov
- Stay
- 14 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 6.5h
- Airline
Ethiopian
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $382 and $460. The drop beats 67% of measured fares on the board, over 9 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
KenyaNairobiA capital with a national park on its doorstep, and the standard first stop before the Mara.Best windowJun–Oct · Jan–FebAirportsJomo Kenyatta (NBO)Every route into NairobiFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in October around $332 and peak in August near $481, 45% dearer, across the 9 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 6.5 hours outbound, on a 14-night trip — ticketed under Ethiopian, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $332 for 3,553 km each way, that works out to about $47 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $43 per 1,000 km typical of medium-haul fares here. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 13 routes of similar length we watch out of Dubai, where the middle fare is $367. The best time to be in Nairobi: Jun–Oct · Jan–Feb.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: 21 Oct, $332
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 4% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $414 then versus $396 now, across 17 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $332, on 21 Oct.
October 2026
1516Saturday 17 October: $441, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 18 October: $396, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.19Tuesday 20 October: $363, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 21 October: $332, the cheapest day in view. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 22 October: $340, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 23 October: $344, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 24 October: $389, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 25 October: $388, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.26Tuesday 27 October: $391, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 28 October: $432, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.29Friday 30 October: $389, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Saturday 31 October: $402, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.
November 2026
123Wednesday 4 November: $393, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.5Friday 6 November: $391, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.789101112Friday 13 November: $391, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.14151617181920Saturday 21 November: $392, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 22 November: $395, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2324Wednesday 25 November: $394, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 26 November: $365, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.27Saturday 28 November: $394, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2930
December 2026
1Wednesday 2 December: $495, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 3 December: $458, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.4Saturday 5 December: $460, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Sunday 6 December: $479, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.789101112131415Wednesday 16 December: $505, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 17 December: $571, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Friday 18 December: $446, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1920Monday 21 December: $481, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Tuesday 22 December: $430, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Wednesday 23 December: $406, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $420, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2526Sunday 27 December: $382, below the usual price. Compare fares from this day.2829Wednesday 30 December: $434, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.31
January 2027
12Sunday 3 January: $465, above the usual price. Compare fares from this day.45678910Monday 11 January: $438, around the usual price. Compare fares from this day.1213141516171819202122232425262728293031
CheapestBelow usualUsualAbove usualCached fares · checked 15 Oct 2026 · bands from 132 tracked fares
Cheapest in Oct, around $332
25% below the $440 typical fare
$332Oct, the cheapest month. Compare October fares.$365Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$382Dec, below the usual price. Compare December fares.$438Jan ’27, around the usual price. Compare January fares.$424Feb, around the usual price. Compare February fares.$460Mar, around the usual price. Compare March fares.$440Apr, around the usual price. Compare April fares.$462Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.$481Aug, above the usual price. Compare August fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Dubai to Nairobi, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- DXB · Al Maktoum (DWC) ↔ Jomo Kenyatta (NBO)
- Flight time
- ≈6.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈3,553 km each way
- Typical price
- $440 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Ethiopian
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Jun–Oct · Jan–Feb
Good to know
DXB → NBO, answered.
Is $332 a good price for Dubai to Nairobi?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $440 round-trip. At $332 you're 25% below that, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Dubai to Nairobi?
Across 9 months of cached-fare history, Oct comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Nairobi are Jun–Oct · Jan–Feb — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book DXB → Nairobi?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 9 months of cached fares, Oct comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Dubai to Nairobi?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Ethiopian. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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