Current time in Nairobi, Kenya
The current local time in Nairobi is shown below. Nairobi observes EAT.
What's the daylight saving status?
Nairobi does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
When are sunrise & sunset today?
What are the timezone facts?
- Timezone
- Africa/Nairobi
- Standard abbreviation
- EAT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
What's the timezone history of Nairobi?
Kenya operates on UTC+3 year-round, with no daylight saving observed at any point in modern history. The near-equatorial position (Nairobi sits at around 1.3 degrees south) produces minimal seasonal variation in day length, making DST functionally unnecessary. The same East Africa Time offset extends across Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia, producing a wide regional business window. The position aligns the East African business day with central Europe in winter and the Gulf year-round.
What are the working hours in Nairobi?
Nairobi's working day typically runs 08:00 to 17:00, with the substantial East African headquarters function (numerous multinational firms, UN-Habitat, UNEP, and African regional bodies all maintain major offices here) shaping a relatively international office culture. The technology corridor centred on Konza Technopolis south-east of the city has earned the area the Silicon Savannah nickname. Public holidays cluster around Christmas and New Year, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha (which shift annually), Madaraka Day on 1 June, and Jamhuri Day on 12 December commemorating independence.
Where is Nairobi?
Nairobi occupies a plateau at around 1,800 metres above sea level in south-central Kenya, around 480 kilometres inland from the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa. The city proper holds around 4.4 million residents, with the wider metropolitan area pushing close to 10 million across the surrounding counties of Kiambu, Machakos, and Kajiado. Nairobi National Park, an unfenced game reserve, sits immediately south of the city centre, with lions, rhinos, and giraffes visible from major roads. The cooler climate from the altitude tempers the equatorial latitude.