Karura in numbers
- Coordinates
- -1.1951, 36.7335
- Region
- Kiambu County
- Country
- Kenya, Africa
- Capital
- Nairobi — 13 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Karura, Kiambu County, Kenya
See what time it currently is in Karura, Kiambu County, Kenya — the time zone there is Africa/Nairobi (+3).
Karura, Kenya
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
Local time in Karura
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Karura, Kiambu County.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:13 AM Solar noon 12:18 PM Sunset 6:23 PM Daylight 12 h 10 min Night 11 h 50 min Civil twilight 5:52 AM – 6:44 PM
Weather in Karura right now
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Karura and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 00230 Ndenderu — 1.4 km away
- 00219 Karuri — 3.3 km away
- 00215 Kimana — 3.5 km away
- 00214 Ilasit — 3.5 km away
- 00213 Oltepesi — 3.5 km away
- 00210 Thigio — 3.5 km away
- 00228 Muguga — 7.2 km away
- 00905 Lusingeti — 7.7 km away
- 00903 Githiga — 7.7 km away
- 00906 Kerwa — 7.7 km away
- 00218 Ngecha — 7.7 km away
- 00625 Kangemi — 8.3 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 Karura
- Karura Uttar Pradesh, India
- Karura Nairobi County, Kenya
- Karura Embu County, Kenya
- Karura Kiambu County, Kenya
- Karura Nyeri County, Kenya
Same time zone — Africa/Nairobi
Nearby places
- Lenana — 11.7 km
- Santack — 12.0 km
- Ngando — 12.1 km
- Jamhuri Estate — 12.7 km
- Jamhuri — 12.7 km
- Racecouse — 12.9 km
Time and daylight in Karura
The area of Karura is divided into 12 postal codes.
People in Karura keep Africa/Nairobi, a zone offset of UTC+3. Seasonal time change: No.
Sunlight reaches Karura at 6:13 AM and fades after 6:23 PM today. The span is 12 h 10 min.
Time in Lenana and Santack, both close to Karura, runs the same.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Karura observe?
- Karura observes Africa/Nairobi, whose offset is +3.
- Does the local time in Karura include a summer time period?
- No.
- What are sunrise and sunset in Karura today?
- Sunrise 6:13 AM, sunset 6:23 PM.