Current time in Nakuru

Kenya Africa/Nairobi UTC+03:00

Current time

05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026

Africa/Nairobi · EAT (UTC+03:00)

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Sunrise and sunset

Sunrise
06:15
Sunset
18:23
Solar noon
12:19
Daylight
12 h 8 min
Night
11 h 52 min

Today and the next four days

Date Sunrise Sunset Daylight Change
06:15 18:23 12 h 8 min
06:15 18:23 12 h 8 min no change
06:15 18:23 12 h 8 min no change
06:15 18:23 12 h 8 min no change
06:15 18:23 12 h 8 min no change

Twilight

Kind Begins (morning) Ends (evening)
Civil twilight (daylight begins / ends) 05:54 18:44
Nautical twilight 05:29 19:09
Astronomical twilight 05:04 19:34

Civil twilight is the period when the sun is within 6 degrees below the horizon — bright enough to see outdoors without lights, and what people usually mean by “it gets light” and “it gets dark”. Nautical uses 12 degrees and astronomical 18 degrees. At high latitudes a band can be absent for a whole day, in which case the row is left blank.

Longest and shortest days in 2026

Longest day
12 h 9 min (16 December 2026)
Shortest day
12 h 6 min (22 May 2026)

Computed from the coordinates of Nakuru: -0.30719, 36.07225.

Sunrise and sunset are the moments when the centre of the sun is 50 arcminutes below the horizon, which accounts for atmospheric refraction and the sun’s apparent radius — the same convention as common astronomical almanacs. Daylight is sunset minus sunrise; night is taken as 24 hours minus daylight. Elevation, terrain and local weather are not included, so observed times can differ by a minute or two.

Zone details

Country / regionKenya
Administrative division Nakuru
IANA time zoneAfrica/Nairobi
Current UTC offsetUTC+03:00
Zone abbreviationEAT
Population570,674
Latitude / longitude-0.3071900, 36.0722500

Daylight saving

Nakuru does not observe daylight saving and stays on UTC+03:00 all year.

This moment in other formats

Unix timestamp1793847080
ISO 86012026-11-05T05:51:20+03:00
ISO week2026-W45
Day of the yearday 309 of 365
Days left this year56 days

These values update with the clock above and use the local date in Nakuru.

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Difference from a reference city

Nakuru is 3 hours ahead of London.

Nakuru 05:51
Thursday, 5 November 2026
Reference city:London 02:51
Thursday, 5 November 2026

Both places are on the same date right now.

Open both cities in the comparison view

Working-hours overlap with London

About 6 h of overlap each day.

  • Nakuru 12:00–18:00 matches London 09:00–15:00

Working hours are taken as 09:00–18:00 local on each side, using the offsets for today.

Hour-by-hour conversion

Calculated for 2026-11-05 local time in Nakuru. The two places start and end daylight saving on different dates, so another day can give a different result.

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18:00 15:00
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21:00 18:00
22:00 19:00
23:00 20:00

Other cities in Kenya

  • Luanda 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 UTC+03:00
  • Kakamega 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 UTC+03:00
  • Mombasa 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 UTC+03:00
  • Ruiru 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 UTC+03:00
  • Eldoret 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 UTC+03:00
  • Kisumu 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 UTC+03:00
  • Kikuyu 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 UTC+03:00
  • Thika 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 UTC+03:00
  • Naivasha 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 UTC+03:00
  • Karuri 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 UTC+03:00
  • Ongata Rongai 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 UTC+03:00
  • Garissa 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 UTC+03:00

Cities also on Africa/Nairobi

  • Kakamega 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 Kenya · UTC+03:00
  • Mombasa 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 Kenya · UTC+03:00
  • Ruiru 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 Kenya · UTC+03:00
  • Eldoret 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 Kenya · UTC+03:00
  • Kisumu 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 Kenya · UTC+03:00
  • Kikuyu 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 Kenya · UTC+03:00
  • Thika 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 Kenya · UTC+03:00
  • Naivasha 05:51 Thursday, 5 November 2026 Kenya · UTC+03:00

How to use this page

The top of the page shows the current date and time in Nakuru, ticking in the Africa/Nairobi zone. To convert a specific moment to another city, use the comparison link below, where you can enter a date and time.

How the time is calculated

Nakuru is bound to the IANA identifier Africa/Nairobi. The server resolves the UTC offset and daylight saving state for the requested moment and renders the first view; the browser then keeps time in the same zone and re-syncs when the tab comes back to the foreground. No fixed offset stands in for the zone, and no zone is guessed from the city name.

FAQ

Which time zone and UTC offset does Nakuru use right now?
Nakuru uses the IANA time-zone identifier Africa/Nairobi, with a current UTC offset of UTC+03:00. That identifier represents date-based rules rather than one permanent hour difference; daylight saving can make offsets vary across dates. Keep the requested date when converting historical or future times. This page applies the city’s time-zone rules and shows the matching local date alongside its clock reading.
Does Nakuru observe daylight saving, and what changes by date?
Whether Nakuru observes daylight saving depends on the rules for Africa/Nairobi. The page shows the current status and lists the local time of a transition when one occurs; a year can have 0, 1, or 2 changes. Specify the date when checking a historical or future time, because today’s UTC offset cannot stand in for another date’s rule. Local clock changes can differ across time zones.
Does the cached time page show the current time for Nakuru?
Yes. The server provides an initial page value, then the browser immediately recalculates the current moment for Africa/Nairobi, refreshes the display every 1 second in 24-hour format, and continues the clock; it resynchronizes when you return to the tab. Cached HTML does not leave the clock frozen at its generation time. The offset still follows the selected date’s zone rules, and a webpage clock is not a precision time-synchronization instrument.

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