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
Get the current local time in Ruiru, Kiambu County, Kenya, a location in the Africa/Nairobi time zone (+3).
Ruiru, Kenya
Friday, 4 September 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 06:30 Solar noon 12:33 Sunset 18:35 Daylight 12 h 06 min Night 11 h 54 min Civil twilight 06:09 – 18:56
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
Set your clock for Ruiru and it will also be right in Ngewa and Gatundu.
1 postal code is listed for Ruiru.
Local clocks in Ruiru answer to Africa/Nairobi, set UTC+3 from UTC. Daylight saving time: No.
The sun will rise at 06:30 and set at 18:35 in Ruiru today. Daylight amounts to 12 h 06 min.
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 06:30.