Route brief · IST → NBO
Istanbul → Nairobi
$339
−26% vs typical
seasonal median $460 · difference $121
Nov 5 – Nov 27 · 22 nights
Gulf Air1 stop
- Usual monthly lows
- $360–$487
- Board rank
- Stronger than 71%
- Route sample
- 9 observed months
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
Destination briefNBONairobiA capital with a national park on its doorstep, and the standard first stop before the Mara.Best windowJun–Oct · Jan–FebAirportsJomo Kenyatta (NBO)All routes into NairobiWhen this route gets cheap.
Cached-fare history: across 9 months, Nov is the cheapest for IST → NBO. Best time to be there: Jun–Oct · Jan–Feb.
Fares bottom out in November around $339 and peak in June near $620 — a $281 spread across the 9 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 9.5 hours outbound, on a 22-night trip — ticketed under Gulf Air, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $339 for 4,769 km each way, that works out to about $36 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $39 typical of medium-haul fares here. Of the 7 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Nairobi, this is the cheapest right now — 34% under the next one, Delhi.
Cheapest day in the next 4 months: Nov 5 · $339 (35% below median)
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The median cached fare across this calendar is unchanged since tracking began on Aug 8 — $511 then versus $510 now, across 5 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 $339, on Nov 5.
September 2026
Cheapest in Nov · around $339
26% below the $460 typical fare
Cheapest round-trip fare found per month · Istanbul → Nairobi · cached-price history
Route facts
- Airports
- Istanbul (IST) · Sabiha Gökçen (SAW) ↔ Jomo Kenyatta (NBO)
- Flight time
- ~9.5 hours outbound
- Distance
- ~4,769 km each way
- Typical price
- $460 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Gulf Air
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Jun–Oct · Jan–Feb
IST → NBO, answered.
Is $339 a good price for Istanbul to Nairobi?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $460 round-trip. At $339 you're 26% below that, saving about $121, which we rate good for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Istanbul to Nairobi?
Across 9 months of cached-fare history, Nov 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 IST → 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, Nov comes out lowest on this route. See /guides/what-moves-a-flight-price/ for what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from Istanbul to Nairobi?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Gulf Air. Nonstop options exist on many dates at higher prices — check the live search for your exact dates.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on September 1). 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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