Kinetic parameters of thermal decomposition of compounds of general formulaM2IMII[Ni(NO2)6], whereMI= K+, Rb+ or Cs+ andMII= Ca2+, Sr2+ or Ba2+, were investigated on the basis of the respective thermal curves. Calculations of the reaction order and activation energy carried out by the Coats-Redfern method and by Doyle's method (modified by Zsakó) gave similar results, The reaction order is 2 for all the compounds investigated. In the group of potassium salts the activation energy increases fromMII=Ca2+ toMII=Ba2+. In the groups of rubidium and caesium salts, the lowest activation energy is observed whenMII=Sr2+. Such behaviour of the nitritonickelates is explained in terms of structures and the principle of maximum density.