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
Check the current local time in Karura, Kiambu County, Kenya, which sits in the Africa/Nairobi time zone (+3).
Karura, Kenya
Friday, 4 September 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 06:31 Solar noon 12:34 Sunset 18:36 Daylight 12 h 05 min Night 11 h 55 min Civil twilight 06:10 – 18:57
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
People in Karura keep Africa/Nairobi, a zone offset of UTC+3. Seasonal time change: No.
Today Karura gets sunrise at 06:31 and sunset at 18:36. That leaves 12 h 05 min of daylight.
Travelling from Karura to Karuri or Kawaida does not change the hour.
Karura has 12 postal codes in total.
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 06:31, sunset 18:36.