There are 5 ways to get from Nairobi to Manhattan by bus, plane, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Nairobi, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport
best- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane NBO - JFK
18h 31m$484–1,219Bus to Nairobi, fly to Laguardia Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Laguardia Airport (LGA)plane NBO - LGA
24h 52m$474–1,704Bus to Nairobi, fly to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)plane NBO - EWR
21h 13m$721–1,629Fly Nairobi Wilson Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane WIL - JFK
21h 7m$475–1,391Bus to Nairobi, fly to Philadelphia International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boardingbus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL)plane NBO - PHL
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
27h 11m$716–2,004
Nairobi (NBO) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Manhattan is to bus and fly which costs $480 - $1,300 and takes 18h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Manhattan is to bus and fly which takes 18h 31m and costs $480 - $1,300.
The distance between Nairobi and Manhattan is 7442 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 31m to get from Nairobi to Manhattan, including transfers.
Manhattan is 7h behind Nairobi. It is currently 8:51 AM in Nairobi and 1:51 AM in Manhattan.
There are 3769+ hotels available in Manhattan.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Manhattan, NY, USA?
Renegade Air, Jambojet Limited, and four other airlines fly from Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) twice daily.
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 19m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,400
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Eldoret International, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Kisumu, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Nairobi to Laguardia Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Syracuse
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 19m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Nairobi to Laguardia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Nairobi to Laguardia Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Martha's Vineyard
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Nairobi to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–2,100
Flights from Nairobi to Philadelphia International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Nairobi to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Nairobi to Philadelphia International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–2,100
Flights from Nairobi to Philadelphia International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 21m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
Flights from Nairobi to Philadelphia International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Nairobi to Laguardia Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 4m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Nairobi to Laguardia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
Flights from Nairobi to Philadelphia International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,400
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Nairobi to Laguardia Airport via Frankfurt, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 4m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
Flights from Nairobi to Laguardia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Kisumu, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
Flights from Nairobi Wilson Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Eldoret International, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Nairobi to Philadelphia International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,400
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,600
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,500
Flights from Nairobi to Philadelphia International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
- Website
- flyasky.com
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via Lome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Newark Liberty International Airport via Lome
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $12–230
- Business Class
- $60–270
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Website
- digitalmatatus.com
Bus from Kencom/Ambassadeur to JKIA - Passenger Boarding
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- digitalmatatus.com
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