Nakuru in numbers
- Coordinates
- -0.3072, 36.0723
- Population
- 570 674
- Region
- Nakuru County
- Country
- Kenya, Africa
- Capital
- Nairobi — 136 km away
What time is it in Nakuru, Nakuru County, Kenya
Get the current local time in Nakuru, Nakuru County, Kenya, a location in the Africa/Nairobi time zone (+3).
Nakuru, Kenya
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
Local time in Nakuru
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Nakuru.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:18 AM Solar noon 12:22 PM Sunset 6:25 PM Daylight 12 h 07 min Night 11 h 53 min Civil twilight 5:57 AM – 6:46 PM
Weather in Nakuru right now
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Nakuru and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20100
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
Same time zone — Africa/Nairobi
Nearby places
- Lake View Estate — 1.5 km
- Dawsonville — 3.6 km
- Lanet — 7.2 km
- Gichobo Settlement — 10.3 km
- Hatfield — 10.5 km
- Kaka — 11.2 km
About the time in Nakuru
Local clocks in Nakuru answer to Africa/Nairobi, set UTC+3 from UTC. Daylight saving time: No.
Today in Nakuru the sun appears at 6:18 AM and sets again at 6:25 PM. Daylight holds for 12 h 07 min.
No adjustment is needed moving between Nakuru, Lake View Estate and Dawsonville.
There is 1 postal code zones in Nakuru.
Questions and answers
- Can Nakuru's time zone be given as Africa/Nairobi?
- Yes, Nakuru's time zone is Africa/Nairobi, with an offset of +3.
- Will the time in Nakuru move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Nakuru: No.
- What is the sunset time for Nakuru?
- 6:25 PM.