There are 8 ways to get from Nairobi to Leicester by plane, bus, 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.
Fly to Birmingham Airport, bus
best- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane NBO - BHX
- Take the bus from Birmingham Airport Bus Terminal to St Margaret's Bus Stationbus
16h 23m£196–760Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane NBO - LHR
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
13h 51m£319–703Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane NBO - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
14h 3m£242–787Fly to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to London City Airport (LCY)plane NBO - LCY
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicestertrain
15h 43m£351–1,275Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane NBO - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneatontrain
17h 13m£331–530Fly to Norwich International Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Norwich International Airport (NWI)plane NBO - NWI
- Take the train from Norwich to Elytrain
- Take the train from Ely to Leicestertrain
17h 58m£432–1,502Fly to Humberside Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Humberside Airport (HUY)plane NBO - HUY
- Take the train from Barnetby to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the train from Sheffield to Leicestertrain
18h 10m£275–981Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Nairobi (NBO) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane NBO - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Leicestertrain
15h 36m£237–852
Nairobi (NBO) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nairobi to Leicester is to fly and bus which costs £190 - £800 and takes 16h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Nairobi to Leicester is to fly and train which takes 13h 51m and costs £310 - £750.
The distance between Nairobi and Leicester is 4422 miles.
It takes approximately 16h 23m to get from Nairobi to Leicester, including transfers.
Leicester is 2h behind Nairobi. It is currently 9:43 PM in Nairobi and 7:43 PM in Leicester.
There are 1007+ hotels available in Leicester.
What companies run services between Nairobi, Kenya and Leicester, England?
There is no direct connection from Nairobi to Leicester. However, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, fly to Birmingham Airport (BHX), walk to Birmingham Airport Bus Terminal, then take the bus to St Margaret's Bus Station. Alternatively, you can take the bus to JKIA - Passenger Boarding, walk to Nairobi (NBO) airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport (LHR), walk to Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3, take the train to London Paddington, walk to Paddington, take the subway to King's Cross St. Pancras station, walk to London St Pancras International, then take the train to Leicester.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Nairobi to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £190–800
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £220–850
Flights from Nairobi to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Nairobi to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £300–1,300
Flights from Nairobi to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–800
Flights from Nairobi to Norwich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £370–1,600
Flights from Nairobi to Humberside Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–950
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nairobi to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–1,000
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–850
Flights from Nairobi to London Gatwick Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Nairobi to Manchester Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £180–700
Flights from Nairobi to Norwich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £370–1,400
Flights from Nairobi to Humberside Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Nairobi to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £280–800
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £320–900
Flights from Nairobi to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–800
Flights from Nairobi to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £450–1,300
Flights from Nairobi to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £270–800
Flights from Nairobi to Norwich International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £550–1,600
Flights from Nairobi to Humberside Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £330–950
- Website
- egyptair.com
Flights from Nairobi to Birmingham Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £300–800
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £420–800
Flights from Nairobi to Manchester Airport via Cairo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £290–750
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Nairobi to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £220–800
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £250–950
Flights from Nairobi to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £340–1,300
Flights from Nairobi to Manchester Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–800
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to Birmingham Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–800
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £270–900
Flights from Nairobi to London Gatwick Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–750
Flights from Nairobi to Manchester Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–750
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Nairobi to Luton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £200–850
Flights from Nairobi to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–850
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Nairobi to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £190–750
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–600
Flights from Nairobi to Manchester Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–850
- Website
- saudia.com
Flights from Nairobi to London Heathrow Airport via Jeddah
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £250–450
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Nairobi to London Gatwick Airport via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–850
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Norwich to Ely
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Sheffield to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–45
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–28
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Kettering to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–18
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £16–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Nuneaton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 345 600 7245
- [email protected]
- Website
- Greater Anglia
Train from Norwich to Ely
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- Greater Anglia
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Ely to Leicester
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–55
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Barnetby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–25
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Barnetby to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Birmingham Airport Bus Terminal to St Margaret's Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- National Express
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