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Kisumu

UTC+3

Kenya · EAT

Dry season
03:45:24Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:42↓ 18:4824:00
Sunrise
06:42
Sunset
18:48
Daylight
12.1hrs
Population
600K
Season
Dry season
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Kisumu, Kenya runs on UTC+3. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 7-hour difference between Kisumu and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Kisumu lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Kisumu and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 7 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 11:00–18:00 in Kisumu lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Kisumu and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–12:00 in Kisumu lines up with 15:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Moscow, Athens, Istanbul. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Kisumu.

Practical Info

Kisumu (Kenya) is home to roughly 600K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:42, sunset at 18:48. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 0° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.

Flag

Kenya

Kenya

Capital

Nairobi

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

EAT · Africa/Nairobi

Coordinates

0.09°S, 34.77°E

Currency

KES (KSh)

Calling Code

+254

Driving Side

Left

Hemisphere

Southern

Language

Swahili, English

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

A Port on an Inland Sea

Kisumu sits on Lake Victoria, which at about 68,800 square kilometres is the largest lake in Africa. The introduction of Nile perch in the 1950s collapsed hundreds of endemic cichlid species while creating a major export fishery.

The clock: Kisumu keeps UTC+3 essentially on the equator, where the sun rises and sets within minutes of six o'clock all year.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

9h overlap

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