Machakos in numbers
- Coordinates
- -1.5223, 37.2652
- Population
- 63 767
- Region
- Machakos County
- Country
- Kenya, Africa
- Capital
- Nairobi — 56 km away
What time is it in Machakos, Machakos County, Kenya
The page gives the present local time in Machakos, Machakos County, Kenya, whose time zone is Africa/Nairobi (+3).
Machakos, Kenya
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
Local time in Machakos
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Machakos.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:12 AM Solar noon 12:16 PM Sunset 6:21 PM Daylight 12 h 09 min Night 11 h 51 min Civil twilight 5:51 AM – 6:42 PM
Weather in Machakos right now
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Machakos and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 90100
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 Machakos County
- Mwala 181 896
- Mlolongo 136 351
- Athi River 81 302
- Githunguri 63 319
- Kinoi 44 086
- Makutano 12 396
Same time zone — Africa/Nairobi
Nearby places
- Misakwani — 2.1 km
- Mumbuni — 2.5 km
- Kitooni — 2.8 km
- Katoloni — 2.9 km
- Kithayoni — 3.0 km
- Isuvya — 3.1 km
Time and daylight in Machakos
Sunrise falls at 6:12 AM today in Machakos, with the sun setting at 6:21 PM. That leaves 12 h 09 min of light.
For Misakwani and Mumbuni near Machakos, the clock reads the same.
Machakos is served by a set of 1 postal code.
The offset in Machakos is UTC+3, under the Africa/Nairobi time zone. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Machakos listed?
- The time zone in Machakos is listed as Africa/Nairobi, with an offset of +3.
- Is daylight saving time used in Machakos?
- No.
- What time is first light in Machakos?
- The sun rises at 6:12 AM.