There are 7 ways to get from Nairobi to Boston by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
best- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane NBO - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Bostontrain
22h 56m$565–1,320Fly Nairobi to Theodore Francis Green State Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Theodore Francis Green State Airport (PVD)plane NBO - PVD
- Take the train from TF Green Airport to South Stationtrain
26h 5m$460–1,217Fly Nairobi to Portland, bus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Portland (PWM)plane NBO - PWM
- Take the bus from Portland, ME to Boston, MA - South Stationbus
27h 44m$676–1,754Fly Nairobi to Barnstable Municipal Airport, bus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Barnstable Municipal Airport (HYA)plane NBO - HYA
- Take the bus from Barnstable Airport to Bostonbus
26h 14m$814–2,125Fly Nairobi to Bradley International Airport, bus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Bradley International Airport (BDL)plane NBO - BDL
- Take the bus from Hartford Union Station to Bostonbus
28h 10m$919–2,330Fly Nairobi to Burlington International Airport, bus
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Burlington International Airport (BTV)plane NBO - BTV
- Take the bus from Burlington Downtown Transit Ctr to Bostonbus
30h 50m$787–1,962Bus to Kisumu International Airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Nairobi to Kisumubus
- Fly from Kisumu International Airport (KIS) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)plane KIS - JFK
- Take the train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Bostontrain
32h 59m$634–1,451
Nairobi (NBO) to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Boston is to fly and train which costs $550 - $1,400 and takes 22h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Boston is to fly and train which takes 22h 56m and costs $550 - $1,400.
The distance between Nairobi and Boston is 7672 miles.
It takes approximately 22h 56m to get from Nairobi to Boston, including transfers.
Boston is 7h behind Nairobi. It is currently 8:21 PM in Nairobi and 1:21 PM in Boston.
There are 1628+ hotels available in Boston.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Boston, MA, USA?
There is no direct connection from Nairobi to Boston. However, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, fly to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), walk to Terminal 4, take the vehicle to Jamaica Station, walk to Jamaica, take the train to New York Penn Station, walk to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station, then take the train to Boston. Alternatively, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, fly to Portland (PWM), walk to Portland Jetport, take the line 7 bus to Congress St + Maine Med, take the line 1 bus to Ptc, then take the bus to Boston, MA - South Station.
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Nairobi to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via Abidjan, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 47m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,300
Flights from Nairobi to Barnstable Municipal Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 58m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from Nairobi to Bradley International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 57m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
Flights from Nairobi to Bradley International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Bradley International Airport via Abidjan, John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 17m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,500
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
Flights from Nairobi to Portland via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Nairobi to Burlington International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from Kisumu International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Nairobi to Portland via Brussels, Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 4m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Nairobi to Portland via Lome, Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Nairobi to Bradley International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,400
Flights from Nairobi to Bradley International Airport via Accra, Washington Dulles
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 36m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,800
- Website
- capeair.com
Flights from Nairobi to Barnstable Municipal Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from Nairobi to Barnstable Municipal Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from Nairobi to Barnstable Municipal Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Nantucket
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 9m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
Flights from Nairobi to Barnstable Municipal Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Martha's Vineyard
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,100
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
Flights from Kisumu International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–950
Flights from Nairobi to Bradley International Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 46m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–950
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to John F. Kennedy International Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Nairobi to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Reagan Washington
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,200
- Website
- flybreeze.com
Flights from Nairobi to Theodore Francis Green State Airport via John F. Kennedy International Airport, Norfolk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 41m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from TF Green Airport to South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
- Website
- MBTA: World Cup 2026
- Adult
- $9–16
- Phone
- +1 800 639 3317
- [email protected]
- Website
- Concord Coach Lines
Bus from Portland, ME to Boston, MA - South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- Concord Coach Lines
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Thruway
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Portland, ME to Boston, MA - South Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- Amtrak
- Adult
- $21–45
- Phone
- 1-800-343-9999
- Website
- Peter Pan
Bus from Barnstable Airport to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–24
- Website
- Peter Pan
- Phone
- +1 214-849-8100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Hartford Union Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Website
- Greyhound
Bus from Burlington Downtown Transit Ctr to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Greyhound
- Phone
- +1 (855) 626-8585
- Website
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Hartford Union Station to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
Bus from Burlington Downtown Transit Ctr to Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- Flixbus USA
- Phone
- +254 726 511 628
- [email protected]
- Website
- theguardiancoach.com
Bus from Nairobi to Kisumu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–15
- Schedules at
- theguardiancoach.com
- Book at
- theguardian.co.ke
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