Gathugu in numbers
- Coordinates
- -0.9744, 36.7587
- Region
- Kiambu County
- Country
- Kenya, Africa
- Capital
- Nairobi — 35 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gathugu, Kiambu County, Kenya
Right now in Gathugu, Kiambu County, Kenya the local time is the one shown here, in the Africa/Nairobi zone (+3).
Gathugu, Kenya
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
Local time in Gathugu
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Gathugu.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:16 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 6:24 PM Daylight 12 h 08 min Night 11 h 52 min Civil twilight 5:55 AM – 6:44 PM
Weather in Gathugu right now
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Gathugu and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 00223 Kagwe — 3.6 km away
- 01011 Kanyoni — 12.6 km away
- 01003 Gituamba — 13.1 km away
- 00220 Kijabe — 14.4 km away
- 00221 Matathia — 14.4 km away
- 00222 Uplands — 15.2 km away
- 00901 Ngewa — 17.7 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Kiambu County
Other places named Gathugu
- Gathugu Kiambu County, Kenya
Same time zone — Africa/Nairobi
Nearby places
- Ikinu — 15.3 km
- Waratho — 16.1 km
- Ngemwa — 17.2 km
- Nazareth — 17.3 km
- Tinganga — 18.4 km
- Bratkenhurst — 18.7 km
Time and daylight in Gathugu
Morning light reaches Gathugu at 6:16 AM, and the sun sets at 6:24 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 12 h 08 min.
Ikinu and Waratho are neighbours of Gathugu on the same clock.
Mail addressed to Gathugu uses 7 postal codes.
Gathugu tells time by Africa/Nairobi, an offset of UTC+3. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
Questions and answers
- Can Gathugu's time zone be given as Africa/Nairobi?
- Yes, Gathugu's time zone is Africa/Nairobi, with an offset of +3.
- Do the clocks in Gathugu go back at any point?
- No.
- When does morning light reach Gathugu?
- At 6:16 AM.