Current time in Nairobi

Kenya · UTC+3

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Africa/Nairobi

UTC offset

UTC+3

Daylight Saving

No — not observed

Time zone ID

Africa/Nairobi

Business hours

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM EAT (Monday–Friday)

About Nairobi's time zone

Nairobi follows East Africa Time (EAT, UTC+3) year-round with no daylight saving time. EAT is shared by Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Madagascar. Nairobi sits almost exactly on the equator, meaning it has approximately 12 hours of daylight year-round — very little seasonal variation. Nairobi is 3 hours ahead of London and 8 hours ahead of New York (EST).

Best time to call Nairobi

Calling from	Recommended window
London	6:00 AM – 3:00 PM GMT
New York	1:00 AM – 10:00 AM ET
Dubai	8:00 AM – 5:00 PM GST
Singapore	2:00 PM – 11:00 PM SGT

Did you know? Kenya uses a unique time-telling tradition called 'Swahili time' (saa za Kiswahili) where the clock starts at sunrise (6:00 AM) rather than midnight. So '1:00 AM' in Swahili time means 7:00 AM in standard time. This local counting system is still widely used in everyday speech, markets, and rural areas, but can confuse visitors unfamiliar with the custom.

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