Makandara in numbers
- Coordinates
- -1.4500, 36.9667
- Region
- Machakos County
- Country
- Kenya, Africa
- Capital
- Nairobi — 25 km away
What time is it in Makandara, Machakos County, Kenya
Get the current local time in Makandara, Machakos County, Kenya, a location in the Africa/Nairobi time zone (+3).
Makandara, Kenya
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
Local time in Makandara
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Makandara.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:13 AM Solar noon 12:18 PM Sunset 6:22 PM Daylight 12 h 09 min Night 11 h 51 min Civil twilight 5:52 AM – 6:43 PM
Weather in Makandara right now
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Makandara and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 00204 Athi River — 1.5 km away
- 00241 Kitengela — 3.0 km away
- 00240 Gathugu / Gathungu — 3.0 km away
- 00242 Ewaso Kedong — 3.0 km away
- 00519 Mlolongo — 6.6 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 Machakos County
- Mwala 181 896
- Mlolongo 136 351
- Athi River 81 302
- Machakos 63 767
- Githunguri 63 319
- Kinoi 44 086
Same time zone — Africa/Nairobi
Nearby places
- Athi River — 1.5 km
- Kitengela — 3.0 km
- Mlolongo — 6.6 km
- Kitenkela — 7.9 km
- Kenplains — 10.7 km
- Airport North — 15.8 km
About the time in Makandara
The time standard for Makandara is Africa/Nairobi at UTC+3. Daylight saving time applies here: No.
Today's times for Makandara: the sun is up at 6:13 AM and down at 6:22 PM. That means 12 h 09 min of daylight.
The same local time applies in Makandara, Athi River and Kitengela.
Postal codes assigned across Makandara total 5.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Makandara based on Africa/Nairobi?
- Yes, local time in Makandara is based on Africa/Nairobi, with an offset of +3.
- Does daylight saving time apply in Makandara?
- No.
- How early does the sun rise in Makandara?
- The first sunlight comes at 6:13 AM.