Local time
Current time in Nairobi
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Nairobi at a glance
Time zone
Africa/Nairobi
UTC offset
UTC+3
Coordinates
1.29°S · 36.82°E
Country
Kenya 🇰🇪
Dialing code
+254
Language
Swahili, English
City essentials
Nairobi stays on Africa/Nairobi throughout the year. When arranging a call across cities, you mainly need the fixed offset—not a seasonal clock switch.
Prayer times here use the Muslim World League method. For congregational prayer, follow a nearby mosque’s announcement.
Time & prayer in Nairobi
Local time in Nairobi falls within the Africa/Nairobi zone. The clock and date at the top of this page update live to this timezone, so the readings stay accurate wherever you are.
Sitting at a latitude of about 1.3° in the southern hemisphere, Nairobi's day length stays remarkably steady all year, with only small differences between summer and winter. That is why its sunrise, sunset and day-length figures change from month to month, and why prayer times here follow the position of the sun rather than a fixed clock.
The prayer times shown for Nairobi are calculated using the Muslim World League. The five daily prayers track the sun, so each one drifts a little earlier or later as the seasons turn. For the full picture you can open the monthly timetable, the live prayer clock, or the Qibla direction for Nairobi from the tools on this site.
Date & prayer times
Today in Nairobi, Gregorian and Hijri.
Sunrise, sunset & day length
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Frequently asked
What time zone is Nairobi in?
Nairobi uses the Africa/Nairobi time zone (UTC+3).
What is the UTC offset of Nairobi?
Nairobi is on UTC+3. The offset can shift by an hour where daylight saving time is observed.
Which country is Nairobi in?
Nairobi is located in Kenya.
How is the current time in Nairobi calculated?
The clock for Nairobi is computed in your browser from its IANA time zone, so it stays accurate without calling any external time service.