Time in Kenya now
3:04PMEAT
EATUTC+3+8 h vs New York (you)Africa/Nairobi
No clock changes: Kenya stays on EAT (UTC+3) all year.
Time zone in Kenya
Kenya uses a single time zone: East Africa Time (EAT, UTC+3) all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Nairobi lies at 36.8° east, where mean solar time is UTC+2:27 (four minutes per degree of longitude). The clocks run 33 min ahead of the sun, so on average the sun is highest at about 12:33 PM.
Daylight saving time in Kenya
No. Kenya stays on EAT (UTC+3) all year, and the tz database records no daylight saving time here at any point.
That is typical near the equator: day length barely changes through the year, so moving the clocks would gain almost nothing.
Clock history of Kenya
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+2:27 in Nairobi), which ended on April 30, 1908, when UTC+2:30 replaced it. The record shows no daylight saving time at any point. The table summarises the clocks of Kenya year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Africa/Nairobi.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 onward | UTC+3 all year | EAT |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert Kenya time
Time difference between Kenya and major cities
| City | Local time now | Kenya vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +8 h | +8 h | +7 h | none / 1 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:04 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +11 h | +11 h | +10 h | none / none |
| London | 12:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +3 h | +3 h | +2 h | 5 h / 6 h |
| Berlin | 1:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +2 h | +2 h | +1 h | 6 h / 7 h |
| Dubai | 4:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −1 h | −1 h | −1 h | 7 h / 7 h |
| New Delhi | 5:34 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −2 h 30 min | −2 h 30 min | −2 h 30 min | 5 h 30 min / 5 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −5 h | −5 h | −5 h | 3 h / 3 h |
| Beijing | 8:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −5 h | −5 h | −5 h | 3 h / 3 h |
| Tokyo | 9:04 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −6 h | −6 h | −6 h | 2 h / 2 h |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how Kenya’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in Kenya overlaps New York’s for 0 min in January (3:00 AM–3:00 AM Kenya time), 1 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Kenya it is 1:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in Kenya overlaps London’s for 5 h in January (12:00 PM–5:00 PM Kenya time), 6 h in July. At 9:00 AM in Kenya it is 6:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in Kenya overlaps New Delhi’s for 5 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–2:30 PM Kenya time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in Kenya it is 11:30 AM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Nairobi and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kigali Rwanda | 750 km | 2:04 PM CAT | −1 h |
| Victoria Seychelles | 2,100 km | 4:04 PM UTC+4 | +1 h |
| Bangui Central African Republic | 2,120 km | 1:04 PM WAT | −2 h |
Same clock as Kenya
These places keep exactly the same time as Kenya all year under the current rules (zones Asia/Amman, Asia/Baghdad, Asia/Damascus, Asia/Qatar, Asia/Riyadh and 6 more).
- IstanbulTR
- MoscowRU
- BaghdadIQ
- Dar es SalaamTZ
- Saint PetersburgRU
- JeddahSA
- NairobiKE
- RiyadhSA
- Addis AbabaET
- AnkaraTR
- BursaTR
- İzmirTR
Cities in Kenya
Kenya at a glance
- CapitalNairobi
- Population57,532,493
- Time zone IDAfrica/Nairobi
- Standard timeEAT (UTC+3)
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+254