Kenya · EAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Mombasa, 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 Mombasa 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 Mombasa lines up with 09:00–11:00 in New York. There is a 2-hour difference between Mombasa 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 Mombasa lines up with 09:00–16:00 in London. There is a 6-hour difference between Mombasa 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 Mombasa 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 Mombasa.
Practical Info
Mombasa (Kenya) is home to roughly 1.2M people. Today brings about 12.0 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:18, sunset at 18:18. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+3 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 4° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Kenya
Capital
Nairobi
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
EAT · Africa/Nairobi
Coordinates
4.04°S, 39.67°E
Currency
KES (KSh)
Calling Code
+254
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
Swahili, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Fort Jesus was built by the Portuguese in 1593 and changed hands at least nine times between Portuguese, Omani and British forces. One siege lasted nearly three years.
The clock: Mombasa keeps UTC+3. In Swahili tradition the day is counted from sunrise, so what a clock calls 07:00 is locally the first hour — a system still in everyday use.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
9h overlapSame timezone as your location.