KakumaKenya
Kakuma time at a glance
- Country
- Kenya
- Location
- City in Turkana County
- Time zone
Africa/Nairobi- UTC offset now
UTC+03:00- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Time-zone identity for Kakuma
- IANA zone
Africa/Nairobi- UTC offset now
- UTC+03:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+3
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Kakuma is currently 3 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Kakuma
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Saturday, 18 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Kakuma
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Nairobi, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Kakuma
Location details for Kakuma in Turkana County, Kenya.
- Administrative area
- Turkana County, Kenya
- Population
- 22,984
- Coordinates
- 3.7136° N, 34.8572° E. The elevation is 603 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Kakuma
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Kakuma. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- LodwarTurkana County, Kenya105 km southeast
Africa/NairobiSame local time - MakutanoWest Pokot County, Kenya274 km south
Africa/NairobiSame local time - KapenguriaWest Pokot County, Kenya277 km south
Africa/NairobiSame local time - KitaleTrans Nzoia, Kenya300 km south
Africa/NairobiSame local time - KimininiTrans Nzoia, Kenya314 km south
Africa/NairobiSame local time - Moi‘s BridgeUasin Gishu County, Kenya317 km south
Africa/NairobiSame local time
Sources for Kakuma time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.