RareNonstop · 1.5h
ZRH to ROMItaly
Rome
$60
usually $100
−40%
Most monthly lows $69–$102. Cheaper than every other month on record (3).
Flights · ZRH → NBO
Zurich to Nairobi
Best fare, round trip
$610
−33%
below its usual $910
you keep $300
GreatFound
- Depart
- Sun 1 Nov
- Return
- Sun 8 Nov
- Stay
- 7 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 11h
- Airline
Qatar Airways
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $661 and $912. The drop beats 82% of measured fares on the board, over 4 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 November around $610 and peak in January near $1,130, 85% dearer, across the 4 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 11 hours outbound, on a 7-night trip — ticketed under Qatar Airways, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $610 for 6,066 km each way, that works out to about $50 per 1,000 km flown. That is about the $44 per 1,000 km typical of long-haul fares here. Across the 23 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Nairobi, this fare ranks 7th — 1.8× the $336 we hold from Istanbul. That puts it in the cheaper half of the 9 routes of similar length we watch out of Zurich, where the middle fare is $610. The best time to be in Nairobi: Jun–Oct · Jan–Feb.
The 4 days we hold a cached fare for
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 16% higher than when tracking began on 16 Aug — $702 then versus $812 now, across 14 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 $548, on 15 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 15 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Nov, around $610
33% below the $910 typical fare
$610Nov, the cheapest month. Compare November fares.$912Dec, around the usual price. Compare December fares.$1130Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$661May, below the usual price. Compare May fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, Zurich to Nairobi, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- Zurich (ZRH) ↔ Jomo Kenyatta (NBO)
- Flight time
- ≈11 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈6,066 km each way
- Typical price
- $910 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Qatar Airways
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Jun–Oct · Jan–Feb
Good to know
ZRH → NBO, answered.
Is $610 a good price for Zurich to Nairobi?
Yes — the seasonal median for this route is around $910 round-trip. At $610 you're 33% below that, which we rate great for this route.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Zurich to Nairobi?
Across 4 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 ZRH → 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 4 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 Zurich to Nairobi?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Qatar Airways. 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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