Seasonal guide · GDL → NBO

Best Time to Fly: GuadalajaraNairobi

CapitalNairobi
Population53,330,978
CurrencyKES KSh Kenyan shilling
LanguageSwahili
Time ZoneUTC+03:00 EAT
AirportNBO
Distance15,201 km
Flight Time18h 23m
Visitors/yr~3,214,218

The honest answer to when you should fly Guadalajara to Nairobi is mostly about weather and demand at the far end. On three years of daily observations at the arrival airport, Feb, Jun-Aug gives the most comfortable combination of temperature and rainfall in Nairobi.

Weather in Nairobi, month by month

Averages below come from three full years of daily readings at Nairobi’s main airport, not from a seasonal generalisation. The warmest month is February (average high 28°C), the coolest is August (average low 13°C), and the wettest is April (180 mm).

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainfallWet daysGuadalajara high
January27°C16°C46 mm1025°C
February good28°C16°C52 mm528°C
March27°C16°C132 mm1930°C
April25°C16°C180 mm2532°C
May25°C16°C105 mm2034°C
June good25°C14°C30 mm929°C
July good25°C14°C23 mm626°C
August good25°C13°C31 mm727°C
September27°C14°C27 mm728°C
October27°C15°C64 mm1427°C
November25°C16°C142 mm2427°C
December26°C16°C59 mm1424°C

Climate data: Open-Meteo reanalysis archive.

Packing for the gap: in July, Nairobi averages 25°C against 26°C in Guadalajara — close enough that you can pack much as you would at home.

Time difference and jet lag

Nairobi runs 9 hours ahead of Guadalajara. Travelling east is the harder direction to adjust to, so if the trip is short, an early departure that lands in daylight is worth more than a marginally cheaper overnight.

When fares move on this route

We publish observed fares for this route when we have them, and say nothing when we do not — there is no estimate on this page. What holds regardless of the route:

  • The travel date matters more than the booking date. Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday, because that is when demand actually sits.
  • Comfortable weather and low fares rarely coincide. Feb, Jun-Aug is the pleasant window in Nairobi, which is also when more people want to go. The shoulder weeks either side of it are usually the better value.
  • School holidays and local events override everything. A festival or a public holiday at either end will outweigh any general booking rule.
  • Set an alert rather than watching manually. Fares move at hours you are not looking, and the useful booking window is weeks wide, not days.

Which day to fly

Midweek departures are consistently cheaper than Friday and Sunday on most routes, because that is where demand sits rather than because of any pricing trick. Where we have observed fares for Guadalajara–Nairobi, the weekday breakdown appears further down this page; where we do not, we leave it out rather than estimate it.

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