Upper Gilgil in numbers
- Coordinates
- -0.2121, 36.2725
- Population
- 60 711
- Region
- Nyandarua County
- Country
- Kenya, Africa
- Capital
- Nairobi — 134 km away
What time is it in Upper Gilgil, Nyandarua County, Kenya
This is the current time in Upper Gilgil, Nyandarua County, Kenya, shown for the Africa/Nairobi time zone (+3).
Upper Gilgil, Kenya
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
Local time in Upper Gilgil
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Upper Gilgil.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:17 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 6:24 PM Daylight 12 h 07 min Night 11 h 53 min Civil twilight 5:55 AM – 6:45 PM
Weather in Upper Gilgil right now
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Upper Gilgil and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 20118 Dundori — 6.0 km away
- 20311 Passenga — 8.6 km away
- 20308 Ngano — 11.6 km away
- 20120 Kabatini — 12.2 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 Nyandarua County
- Ol Kalou 47 795
- Mairo Inya 30 527
- Ol Kalau South Settlement 13 234
- Dundori 5 392
- Engineer 5 324
- Ndunyu Njeru 4 354
Same time zone — Africa/Nairobi
Nearby places
- Matindiri Settlement — 2.2 km
- Melangini Settlement — 2.5 km
- Gathundia — 4.4 km
- Sabugo — 4.9 km
- Dondori — 5.1 km
- Tumaini — 5.4 km
Upper Gilgil: clock, sun and surroundings
The sun rises over Upper Gilgil today at 6:17 AM and slips away at 6:24 PM. That leaves 12 h 07 min of daylight.
The clock does not change between Upper Gilgil, Matindiri Settlement and Melangini Settlement.
Postal coverage of Upper Gilgil comes to 4 codes.
Upper Gilgil sits under Africa/Nairobi, which puts local clocks at UTC+3. Daylight saving in use: No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Upper Gilgil?
- Choose Africa/Nairobi for Upper Gilgil, with an offset of +3.
- Does Upper Gilgil keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Upper Gilgil: No.
- When does the sun go down in Upper Gilgil?
- Sunset in Upper Gilgil is at 6:24 PM.