Current time in Nairobi, Kenya
East Africa Time
UTC+03:00- Time zone
- East Africa Time · Africa/Nairobi
- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Abbreviation
- EAT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+3 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Nairobi County, Kenya (capital) · 1.28° S, 36.82° E
- Population
- 4,397,073
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Nairobi at about 12:33 standard time: the clock runs about 33 min ahead of the sun. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:16 and 12:47 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 06:36 | 18:43 | 12h 07m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 06:33 | 18:35 | 12h 03m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 06:21 | 18:28 | 12h 07m |
| December solstice (Dec 21) | 06:24 | 18:36 | 12h 12m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 06:19–18:26 (12 h 7 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.
Nearby cities
Nearest cities abroad on the same clock all year
- Mwanza, Tanzania · 460 km
- Kampala, Uganda · 500 km
- Dodoma, Tanzania · 560 km
- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania · 670 km
- Mogadishu, Somalia · 1,020 km
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · 1,170 km