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London to Nairobi

Best fare, round trip

$671

−7%

below its usual $725
you keep $54

Found
Depart
Thu 5 Nov
Return
Mon 9 Nov
Stay
4 nights
Flight
1 stop · 12.5h
Airline
Gulf Air

Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $716 and $754. The drop beats 12% of measured fares on the board, over 5 observed months.

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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 Nairobi

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Trip options: Round-trip · Economy · 1 adult
Travellers: 1 adult

Fare seasonality

When this route gets cheap.

Fares bottom out in November around $671 and peak in October near $1,217, 81% dearer, across the 5 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 12.5 hours outbound, on a 4-night trip — ticketed under Gulf Air, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $671 for 6,819 km each way, that works out to about $49 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 22 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Nairobi, this fare ranks 15th — 41% above the $475 from Rome. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 22 routes of similar length we watch out of London, where the middle fare is $671. The best time to be in Nairobi: Jun–Oct · Jan–Feb.

The 6 days we hold a cached fare for

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The median cached fare across this calendar is 6% higher than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $702 then versus $741 now, across 22 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 $586, on 9 Sep.

These are the only days we have a cached price for on this route so far — not the only days it flies. The search above covers any date.

Cached fares · checked 17 Oct 2026

Cheapest in Nov, around $671

7% below the $725 typical fare

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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, London to Nairobi, from cached prices.

Route facts

Airports
Heathrow (LHR) · Gatwick (LGW) · Stansted (STN) · Luton (LTN) ↔ Jomo Kenyatta (NBO)
Flight time
≈12.5 hours outbound
Distance
≈6,819 km each way
Typical price
$725 round-trip (seasonal median)
Airlines on the board
Gulf Air
Itineraries
Connections on current fares
Best months to visit
Jun–Oct · Jan–Feb

Good to know

LON → NBO, answered.

Is $671 a good price for London to Nairobi?

Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $725 round-trip and this fare is 7% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.

What is the cheapest month to fly from London to Nairobi?

Across 5 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 LON → 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 5 months of cached fares, Nov comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.

Are there nonstop flights from London to Nairobi?

The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Gulf Air. 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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