Soweto East in numbers
- Coordinates
- -1.3143, 36.7996
- Region
- Nairobi County
- Country
- Kenya, Africa
- Capital
- Nairobi — 4 km away
What time is it in Soweto East, Nairobi County, Kenya
This page holds the current clock reading for Soweto East, Nairobi County, Kenya, in the Africa/Nairobi time zone (+3).
Soweto East, Kenya
Saturday, 17 October 2026
UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
Local time in Soweto East
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Soweto East, Nairobi County.
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 Soweto East right now
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Soweto East and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 00517 Uhuru Gardens — 1.5 km away
- 00523 Kibera — 2.2 km away
- 00603 Lavington — 4.8 km away
- 00513 Sasumua Rd — 4.9 km away
- 00515 Buru Buru — 4.9 km away
- 00800 Westlands — 5.4 km away
- 00510 Makongeni — 5.9 km away
- 00400 Tom Mboya Street — 6.0 km away
- 00300 Ronald Ngala Street — 6.0 km away
- 00102 State Law Office-Sheria HSE — 6.0 km away
- 00101 Jamia — 6.0 km away
- 00100 Nairobi Gpo — 6.0 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 Nairobi County
- Nairobi 4 397 073
- Thika 251 407
- Lang'ata 172 569
- Imara Daima Estate 52 837
- Pumwani 29 616
Same time zone — Africa/Nairobi
Nearby places
- Silanga — 0.4 km
- Laini Saba — 0.6 km
- Ngummo — 0.6 km
- Nyayo Highrise — 0.7 km
- Lindi — 0.8 km
- Nairobi Dam — 0.9 km
About the time in Soweto East
Postal codes valid in Soweto East number 12.
Soweto East tells time by Africa/Nairobi, an offset of UTC+3. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
The horizon brightens over Soweto East at 6:15 AM, and the sun sets at 6:23 PM. Daylight runs 12 h 08 min.
Travelling from Soweto East to Silanga or Laini Saba does not change the hour.
Questions and answers
- What time zone should be selected for Soweto East?
- Select Africa/Nairobi for Soweto East; the offset is +3.
- Is daylight saving time part of the local schedule in Soweto East?
- Daylight saving time in Soweto East: No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Soweto East — what times?
- 6:15 AM and 6:23 PM.