Gilgil in numbers
- Coordinates
- -0.5040, 36.3185
- Population
- 60 711
- Region
- Nakuru County
- Country
- Kenya, Africa
- Capital
- Nairobi — 103 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Gilgil, Nakuru County, Kenya
Below is the local time in Gilgil, Nakuru County, Kenya, kept in the Africa/Nairobi zone (+3).
Gilgil, Kenya
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
Local time in Gilgil
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
Gilgil keeps Africa/Nairobi clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:16 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 6:24 PM Daylight 12 h 08 min Night 11 h 52 min Civil twilight 5:55 AM – 6:45 PM
Weather in Gilgil right now
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Gilgil and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20116
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 Nakuru County
Other places named Gilgil
- Gilgil Borno State, Nigeria
Same time zone — Africa/Nairobi
Nearby places
- Tunne — 6.2 km
- Cokereria — 8.9 km
- Turasha Ridge Settlement — 9.7 km
- Turasha Ridge Settlement — 9.7 km
- Turasha Ridge Settlement — 11.4 km
- Karunga — 11.5 km
Local time details for Gilgil
The full list of postal codes for Gilgil runs to 1.
Gilgil follows Africa/Nairobi, giving it a UTC+3 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? No.
Sunrise today in Gilgil lands at 6:16 AM; sunset lands at 6:24 PM. That is 12 h 08 min of light.
Gilgil, Tunne and Cokereria all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Gilgil identified?
- The time zone for Gilgil is identified as Africa/Nairobi, with an offset of +3.
- Is the local clock in Gilgil affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- What time does the day start in Gilgil?
- The sun rises at 6:16 AM.