Kenya
Time now in Nairobi
Sunrise 06:33Sunset 06:38Time zone UTC +3
Time zone
Africa/Nairobi
UTC offset
UTC +3
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
4,397,073
Sunrise
06:33
Sunset
06:38
Day length
12h 05m
Coordinates
-1.28, 36.82
Time difference from Nairobi
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Nairobi on the map
About the time in Nairobi
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Nairobi day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 06:00–14:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Around 4,397,073 people live in Nairobi, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Nairobi runs on Africa/Nairobi, which puts the city UTC +3 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Frequently asked questions about time in Nairobi
- Does Nairobi change its clocks for daylight saving?
- No. Nairobi keeps UTC +3 throughout the year.
- When do the sun rise and set in Nairobi today?
- Sunrise is at 06:33 and sunset at 06:38, giving 12h 05m of daylight.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Nairobi?
- Nairobi is UTC +3 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- What time is it in Nairobi right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Nairobi, updating every second from Africa/Nairobi (UTC +3).
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