Kenya · EAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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
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?
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
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.