How far is it from Yaounde to Nairobi?

The distance between Yaounde and Nairobi is 4257 km by road.

How long does it take to drive from Yaounde to Nairobi?

The drive from Yaounde to Nairobi takes approximately 72 h 45 min by car.

What is the best route from Yaounde to Nairobi?

The fastest route from Yaounde to Nairobi covers 4257 km with a driving time of approximately 72 h 45 min.

Which direction is Nairobi from Yaounde?

Nairobi lies roughly to the east of Yaounde.

Which roads does the route from Yaounde to Nairobi follow?

The drive from Yaounde to Nairobi mainly follows RN 3, RN3, A1. The longest single stretch is 435 km on RN 3.

Which towns do you pass between Yaounde and Nairobi?

Towns on the route from Yaounde to Nairobi include Abong Mbang, Mukingo, Bunamwaya.

Cameroon Kenya

Distance: 4257 kmDrive time: 72 h 45 min

Driving from Yaounde to Nairobi takes about 72 h 45 min via RN 3. The distance is 4257 km. The straight-line distance is 2870 km. EV charging is available along the route, including in Nairobi. Driving directions

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Driving directions268 · 4257 km

1 Depart left onto Rue Case-Nègre 65 m
2 Turn left onto Avenue Mvog-Fouda Ada 294 m
3 Enter roundabout right 20 m
4 Exit roundabout right 29 m
5 Turn right onto Rue Mgr. René Graffin 457 m
6 Continue slightly right onto Rue Rodolphe Abessolo 330 m
7 At end of road, turn right onto Rue Antoine Essomba Mani 21 m
8 Turn left onto Rue Ze Mendouga 84 m
9 Turn left onto Rue Martin Tabi Essomba 3 km
10 Keep slightly right onto Rue 4.762 725 m
11 Enter roundabout slightly right onto Rue 4.929 10 m
12 Exit roundabout straight onto Rue 4.929 3 km
13 Turn left onto Rue 4.561 2 km

14 At end of road, turn left onto Rue 4.258 69 m
15 Continue slightly right onto Rue 4.258 214 km
16 Keep slightly left 109 km
17 Enter roundabout right onto Avenue Haye Ndiba 19 m
18 Exit roundabout right onto Avenue Haye Ndiba 482 m
19 At roundabout, take exit slightly left onto Avenue Mbartoua 350 m
20 Continue straight onto Yaoundé-Bertoua 198 m
21 Continue straight onto Bertoua-Garoua-Boulai 7 km
22 Keep slightly left onto Bertoua-Garoua-Boulai 14 km
23 Continue straight onto Bertoua-Garoua-Boulai 225 km
24 Enter roundabout straight 10 m
25 Exit roundabout straight 88 km
26 Turn straight 2 km
27 Turn straight 61 km
28 Enter roundabout slightly right 11 m
29 Exit roundabout straight 14 km
30 Turn slightly left 565 m
31 Turn left 44 km
32 Enter roundabout straight 11 m
33 Exit roundabout right 90 km
34 Enter roundabout slightly right 18 m
35 Exit roundabout right 39 km
36 Turn straight 100 km
37 Turn straight 145 km
38 Turn straight onto Avenue de l'Indépendance 12 km
39 Enter rotary right onto Avenue du Tchad 78 m
40 Exit rotary right onto Avenue du Tchad 257 m
41 Turn right onto Rue du Docteur Cureau 307 m
42 Turn left 22 m
43 Continue left onto Ferry Bangui-Zongo 3 km
44 Continue straight 192 m
45 Turn right 37 km
46 Turn slightly left 191 m
47 Keep slightly left 40 km
48 At end of road, turn left 104 km
49 Turn sharp right 19 km
50 Continue straight 36 m
51 Continue straight 87 km
52 Keep slightly right 17 km
53 At end of road, turn left 811 m
54 Keep slightly right 10 km
55 Turn slightly left 5 km
56 Turn straight 3 km
57 Keep slightly left 12 km
58 Continue straight onto Lisala-Gbadolite 14 km
59 Continue left onto Lisala-Gbadolite 52 km
60 Continue slightly left onto Lisala-Gbadolite 38 km
61 Continue right onto Lisala-Gbadolite 77 km
62 Turn left 26 km
63 Turn straight 25 km
64 Turn slightly left 4 km
65 Turn slightly right 16 km
66 Turn slightly right 4 km
67 Turn right 57 km
68 Turn right 2 km
69 Turn slightly left 12 km
70 Enter roundabout right 41 m
71 Exit roundabout slightly right 44 km
72 Turn straight 29 km
73 Turn right 7 km
74 Continue straight onto Bac Bokata 745 m
75 Continue straight 15 km
76 Continue straight 5 km
77 Turn slightly left 3 km
78 Continue right 18 km
79 At end of road, turn left 136 km
80 At end of road, turn left 48 m
81 Continue straight onto Bac Basoko 900 m
82 Continue slightly right 81 km
83 Turn right 30 km
84 Turn slightly left 13 km
85 Continue straight 19 km
86 Turn left 98 km
87 Turn slightly left 10 km
88 Continue straight onto Bac Simi simi 474 m
89 Continue straight 14 km
90 Continue straight onto Avenue Munyororo 22 km
91 Keep slightly right 424 km
92 Enter roundabout right 54 m
93 Exit roundabout right 57 km
94 Turn left 81 km
95 Turn right 17 km
96 Turn left 10 km
97 Turn slightly right 6 km
98 Turn left 23 km
99 Turn slightly left 9 km
100 At end of road, turn right 5 km
101 Turn left 8 km
102 Turn left 25 km
103 Enter roundabout slightly right 10 m
104 Exit roundabout slightly right 470 m
105 Enter roundabout right onto Boulevard Kanyamuhanga 111 m
106 Exit roundabout right onto Boulevard Kanyamuhanga 434 m
107 Enter rotary right 160 m
108 Exit rotary right 37 m
109 Continue straight 2 km
110 Continue straight onto Avenue de la Corniche 662 m
111 Turn right 2 km
112 Continue straight onto Avenue de l'Indépendance 10 km
113 Continue straight onto Avenue de l'Indépendance 5 km
114 Continue straight onto Ruhengeri-Gisenyi Road 42 km
115 Continue straight onto Musanze - Rubavu Road 6 km
116 Turn left 506 m
117 Turn straight 25 km
118 Continue straight onto Kisoro - Cyanika Road 7 km
119 Turn right 3 km
120 Continue straight onto Kisoro - Kabale Road 8 km
121 Continue straight onto Kisoro - Kabale Road 76 m
122 Continue right onto Kisoro - Kabale Road 4 km
123 Continue straight onto Kisoro - Kabale Road 339 m
124 Continue left onto Kisoro - Kabale Road 506 m
125 Continue straight onto Kisoro - Kabale Road 5 km
126 Continue left onto Kisoro - Kabale Road 18 km
127 Continue slightly right onto Kabale-Kisoro road 38 km
128 Continue straight onto Kabale - Kisoro Road 3 km
129 At roundabout, take exit slightly left onto Kabale - Mbarara Road 75 km
130 Continue straight onto New Kampala Road 2 km
131 Continue straight onto Kabale - Mbarara Road 55 km
132 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Mbarara Bypass 28 m
133 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Mbarara Bypass 3 km
134 Continue straight onto Mbarara Northern Bypass 2 km
135 Enter roundabout left onto Mbarara Nothern Bypass 36 m
136 Exit roundabout sharp left onto Mbarara Nothern Bypass 4 km
137 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Mbarara Bypass 28 m
138 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Mbarara Bypass 2 km
139 Enter roundabout left onto Mbarara Bypass 35 m
140 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Mbarara Bypass 3 km
141 Enter roundabout straight onto Mbarara - Masaka Road 33 m
142 Exit roundabout left onto Mbarara - Masaka Road 130 km
143 Enter roundabout left onto Masaka Bypass 36 m
144 Exit roundabout left onto Masaka Bypass 7 km
145 Enter roundabout left onto Kampala - Masaka Road 54 m
146 Exit roundabout left onto Kampala - Masaka Road 25 km
147 At end of road, turn left onto Kampala - Masaka Road 35 km
148 Continue straight onto Masaka Road 33 km
149 Continue straight onto Kampala - Masaka Road 26 km
150 Enter roundabout straight 25 m
151 Exit roundabout slightly left 295 m
152 Enter rotary slightly left 90 m
153 Exit rotary left 168 m
154 Enter roundabout straight 123 m
155 Exit roundabout slightly left 418 m
156 Continue straight onto Northern Bypass 21 km
157 Enter roundabout slightly left 8 m
158 Exit roundabout slightly left 338 m
159 Merge slightly right onto Jinja - Kampala Road 36 km
160 Enter roundabout left 68 m
161 Exit roundabout straight 31 km
162 Enter roundabout left onto Jinja - Kampala Road 74 m
163 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Jinja - Kampala Road 188 m
164 Continue straight onto Source of the Nile Bridge 524 m
165 Continue straight onto Jinja - Kampala Road 2 km
166 Enter roundabout straight onto Jinja - Mbale - Tororo Road 45 m
167 Exit roundabout straight onto Jinja - Mbale - Tororo Road 2 km
168 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Jinja - Mbale - Tororo Road 64 m
169 Exit roundabout straight onto Jinja - Mbale - Tororo Road 572 m
170 Continue left onto Jinja - Mbale - Tororo Road 2 km
171 Enter rotary straight onto Jinja - Mbale - Tororo Road 79 m
172 Exit rotary slightly left onto Jinja - Mbale - Tororo Road 34 km
173 Turn straight onto Main Street 2 km
174 Enter roundabout straight onto Main Street 32 m
175 Exit roundabout straight onto Main Street 730 m
176 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Jinja - Mbale - Tororo Road 33 m
177 Exit roundabout straight onto Jinja - Mbale - Tororo Road 5 km
178 Turn straight onto Jinja - Tororo Road 47 km
179 Continue straight onto Namutere - Tororo junction 2 km
180 Continue straight onto Nakalama - Bugiri 4 km
181 Turn straight onto Bugiri - Namutere 4 km
182 Turn right onto Namutere - Busia 10 km
183 Turn straight onto Jinja Road 7 km
184 Continue straight onto Customs Street 2 km
185 Keep slightly left onto Kisumu-Busia Road 28 m
186 Keep slightly left 6 km
187 Turn left 51 m
188 Continue straight onto Busia-Mumias Road 47 km
189 At end of road, turn right onto Mumias-Bungoma Road 6 km
190 Continue straight onto Kakamega-Mumias Road 22 km
191 Continue straight onto Eshitinji-Esumeiya Road 8 km
192 Continue straight onto Kakamega-Mumias Road 2 km
193 Continue straight onto Kenyatta Avenue 671 m
194 Enter roundabout left onto Kisumu-Kakamega Road 75 m
195 Exit roundabout left onto Kisumu-Kakamega Road 2 km
196 Enter roundabout straight onto Kisumu-Kakamega Road 40 m
197 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Kisumu-Kakamega Road 19 km
198 Continue straight onto Kisumu Road 10 km
199 Enter roundabout slightly left 46 m
200 Exit roundabout straight 28 m
201 Turn slightly left onto Kisumu-Vihiga Road 10 km
202 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Kisumu -Vihiga Road 27 m
203 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Kisumu -Vihiga Road 2 km
204 Enter roundabout left onto Kisumu -Vihiga Road 44 m
205 Exit roundabout left onto Kisumu -Vihiga Road 2 km
206 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Kisumu -Vihiga Road 30 m
207 Exit roundabout slightly left onto Kisumu -Vihiga Road 2 km
208 Enter roundabout left onto Kisumu -Vihiga Road 34 m
209 Exit roundabout straight onto Kisumu -Vihiga Road 2 km
210 Enter roundabout left onto Kisumu-Vihiga Road 40 m
211 Exit roundabout left onto Kisumu-Vihiga Road 425 m
212 Take exit slightly left 269 m
213 Enter roundabout left 21 m
214 Exit roundabout left 41 km
215 Enter roundabout straight 192 m
216 Exit roundabout straight 11 km
217 Turn straight 832 m
218 Turn left onto Muhoroni-Fort Ternan-Londiani Rd. 63 km
219 At end of road, turn left 9 km
220 Take exit slightly left 651 m
221 Turn sharp right onto Nakuru - Eldoret Road 177 m
222 Turn straight onto Nairobi Road 352 m
223 Continue straight onto Nakuru - Eldoret Road 9 km
224 Continue straight onto Nairobi Road 2 km
225 Keep slightly left onto Nakuru-Eldoret Rd. 12 km
226 Merge slightly right onto Nairobi Road 234 m
227 Continue straight onto Nakuru - Eldoret Road 3 km
228 Continue straight onto Nairobi Road 11 km
229 Continue straight onto Nakuru - Eldoret Road 11 km
230 Continue straight onto Nakuru-Kisumu Road 3 km
231 Enter roundabout straight onto Nakuru-Kisumu Road 49 m
232 Exit roundabout straight onto Nakuru-Kisumu Road 2 km
233 Enter roundabout slightly left onto George Morara Road 79 m
234 Exit roundabout left onto George Morara Road 862 m
235 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Geoffery Kamau Avenue 79 m
236 Exit roundabout straight onto Geoffery Kamau Avenue 2 km
237 Enter roundabout straight onto Old Nairobi Road 33 m
238 Exit roundabout straight onto Old Nairobi Road 39 km
239 Continue straight onto Nairobi-Nakuru Road 26 km
240 Continue straight onto Nairobi - Nakuru Road 2 km
241 Take exit sharp right onto Naivasha-Mai Mahiu 2 km
242 Enter roundabout slightly left onto Naivasha-Mai Mahiu-Limuru Road 47 m
243 Exit roundabout straight onto Naivasha-Mai Mahiu-Limuru Road 8 km
244 Continue straight onto Naivasha-Mai Mahiu-Limuru Rd. 15 km
245 Continue straight onto Naivasha-Mai Mahiu-Limuru Road 15 km
246 Continue straight onto Limuru-Maimahiu Road 11 km
247 Continue straight onto Limuru-Maimahiu Rd. 10 km
248 Continue straight onto Kamandura-Maai Mahiu-Narok Road 334 m
249 Continue straight onto Limuru Road 119 m
250 Turn sharp right onto Eldoret-Malaba Road 377 m
251 Take ramp slightly right onto Eldoret-Malaba Road 8 km
252 Continue straight onto Nairobi-Nakuru Road 9 km
253 Continue straight onto Waiyaki Way 2 km
254 Continue straight onto Nairobi-Nakuru Road 2 km
255 Continue straight onto Waiyaki Way 5 km
256 Continue straight onto Nairobi Expressway 2 km
257 Continue straight onto Waiyaki Way 143 m
258 Keep slightly left onto Waiyaki Way 2 km
259 Continue straight onto Chiromo Road 2 km
260 Keep slightly left onto Chiromo Road 529 m
261 Continue straight onto Uhuru Highway 856 m
262 Enter rotary slightly left onto Uhuru Highway 40 m
263 Exit rotary left onto Uhuru Highway 553 m
264 Enter rotary slightly left onto Uhuru Highway 56 m
265 Exit rotary left onto Uhuru Highway 719 m
266 Enter rotary slightly left onto Uhuru Highway 117 m
267 Exit rotary left onto Uhuru Highway 504 m
268 Arrive left onto Uhuru Highway

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The return trip from Nairobi to Yaounde covers roughly the same distance, 4257 km.

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How far is it from Yaounde to Nairobi?: The distance between Yaounde and Nairobi is 4257 km by road.
How long does it take to drive from Yaounde to Nairobi?: The drive from Yaounde to Nairobi takes approximately 72 h 45 min by car.
What is the best route from Yaounde to Nairobi?: The fastest route from Yaounde to Nairobi covers 4257 km with a driving time of approximately 72 h 45 min.
Which direction is Nairobi from Yaounde?: Nairobi lies roughly to the east of Yaounde.
Which roads does the route from Yaounde to Nairobi follow?: The drive from Yaounde to Nairobi mainly follows RN 3, RN3, A1. The longest single stretch is 435 km on RN 3.
Which towns do you pass between Yaounde and Nairobi?: Towns on the route from Yaounde to Nairobi include Abong Mbang, Mukingo, Bunamwaya.

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