Gakanga in numbers
- Coordinates
- -0.4414, 36.8322
- Region
- Nyeri County
- Country
- Kenya, Africa
- Capital
- Nairobi — 94 km away
What time is it in Gakanga, Nyeri County, Kenya
This page shows the time of day in Gakanga, Nyeri County, Kenya as it stands now, in the Africa/Nairobi zone (+3).
Gakanga, Kenya
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+3 · Africa/Nairobi
Local time in Gakanga
UTC+3 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Gakanga, Nyeri County.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:16 AM Solar noon 12:19 PM Sunset 6:23 PM Daylight 12 h 07 min Night 11 h 53 min Civil twilight 5:55 AM – 6:44 PM
Weather in Gakanga right now
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Gakanga and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 10100 Nyeri — 13.0 km away
- 10106 Othaya — 16.1 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 Nyeri County
Same time zone — Africa/Nairobi
Nearby places
- Ihuririo — 12.8 km
- Kihuri — 13.3 km
- Mucharage — 14.2 km
- Thunguri — 15.2 km
- Rurunguti — 15.3 km
- Gikigie — 15.8 km
Local time details for Gakanga
Postal codes assigned across Gakanga total 2.
Local timekeeping in Gakanga uses Africa/Nairobi, equal to UTC+3. Summer clock change: No.
The sun comes up over Gakanga at 6:16 AM today and drops below the horizon at 6:23 PM. That is 12 h 07 min between the two.
Both Ihuririo and Kihuri are near Gakanga and keep its time.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Gakanga labeled?
- The time zone for Gakanga is labeled Africa/Nairobi, with an offset of +3.
- Does Gakanga switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in Gakanga: No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Gakanga?
- It sets at 6:23 PM.