Ruiru in numbers
- Coordinates
- -1.1466, 36.9609
- Population
- 490 120
- Region
- Kiambu County
- Country
- Kenya, Africa
- Capital
- Nairobi — 22 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Ruiru, Kiambu County, Kenya
This page displays how late it is in Ruiru, Kiambu County, Kenya, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone (+3).
Ruiru, Kenya
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
Local time in Ruiru
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Ruiru.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:15 AM Solar noon 12:19 PM Sunset 6:23 PM Daylight 12 h 08 min Night 11 h 52 min Civil twilight 5:54 AM – 6:44 PM
Weather in Ruiru right now
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Ruiru and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 00232
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 Ruiru
Same time zone — Africa/Nairobi
Nearby places
- Githunguri — 17.4 km
- Embakasi — 17.7 km
- Embakasi — 17.7 km
- Savannah — 18.3 km
- Mukuru kwa njenga — 18.4 km
- Doonholm Estate — 18.5 km
Ruiru: clock, sun and surroundings
1 postal code have been allocated to Ruiru.
Local clocks in Ruiru answer to Africa/Nairobi, set UTC+3 from UTC. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise today is 6:15 AM in Ruiru, with sunset at 6:23 PM. That works out to 12 h 08 min of light.
Same time, different place: Githunguri and Embakasi near Ruiru.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Ruiru labeled?
- The time zone for Ruiru is labeled Africa/Nairobi, with an offset of +3.
- Do the clocks in Ruiru go back at any point?
- No.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Ruiru.
- The sunrise hour is 6:15 AM.