Cheap flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi from £304

If you don’t want to visit Nairobi in September, then you should wait until November to fly from London Heathrow Airport, when ticket prices are also cheap, with an average price of £564.

The cheapest day to depart from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi is on a Monday when prices can be found for as low as £642. If your travel schedule is flexible, try to avoid departing on a Friday because tickets tend to average around £693. These prices are subject to change though, so be sure to set up a Price Alert for flights to Nairobi.

Our data shows that the cheapest London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi flights are usually those with departure times in the morning. Our users have found flights to Nairobi in the morning for as low as £641. Flights to Nairobi are more costly in the evening, with an average ticket price of £895. Departure times in the evening fall within the peak daily travel times, which is why tickets can be more expensive.

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You are more likely to see cheaper flights to Nairobi from London Heathrow Airport when booking weeks ahead of your departure date. In general, you can expect to find flights to Nairobi for around £646 when searching weeks before you fly. However, flight prices might be lower outside of this timeframe. For example, people recently found flights to Nairobi from London Heathrow Airport for as low as £625 on momondo.

Etihad Airways, Brussels Airlines, and British Airways are the most popular carriers operating from London Heathrow to Nairobi

Kenya Airways, British Airways and RwandAir are the top three most popular airlines that fly to Nairobi from London Heathrow Airport according to our data. Kenya Airways is the first choice among our users, with 47% of people opting to fly with this airline when travelling to Nairobi. Keep in mind that there are 18 different airlines that fly to Nairobi on a routine basis, so you have a few additional options to choose from.

Historically, on average around 33% of flights between London and Nairobi have experienced a delay on any given week. The average delay length over the past 12 months has been 122 minutes.

Generally, flights departing in the morning tend to experience fewer delays. Flights departing in the evening have, in the past, seen delays more frequently in comparison.

Saturday is statistically the day of the week that experiences the fewest delays on this flight route. Wednesday has historically seen more delays on average compared to the rest of the week.

According to our data, British Airways have had the fewest delays on this route over the last 12 months, with about 23% of their flights experiencing any sort of delay.

As of April 2026, 6 flights take off from London Heathrow Airport and land in Nairobi each day. The most common flight departure time for this route is 09:00, with 50% of daily flights taking off at midday.

As of April 2026, there are 42 flights per week flying from London Heathrow Airport to Nairobi. The most common day of the week flights depart is Mon, with 14% of flights taking off on this day.