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Ruiru, Kenia
08:50:05 PMWednesday, April 29, 2026 · Africa/Nairobi

Ruiru
Urban Area in Kiambu County, Kenya
Huidige lokale tijd
08:50:05 PM
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Tijdzone
EAT
Africa/Nairobi · UTC+03:00
Volgende feestdag
Labour Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Zakelijke overlap nu
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Ruiru right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
NBO
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport · 19 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
4
Curated airport references available for Kenia
Snapshot at render time: 08:50:05 PM on Wednesday, April 29, 2026 in Ruiru (UTC+03:00, EAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Sunrise and sunset
06:27 AM to 06:31 PM
Day length 12h 4m · Solar noon 12:29 PM
Next country holiday
Labour Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Ruiru local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
490.1K
Coordinates
-1.15, 36.96
Timezone
Africa/Nairobi
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
4
Capital
Nairobi
Languages
English, Swahili
Currency
KES (Sh)
Country area
580,367 km²
Ruiru (rank #5 by population in this dataset) sits at Africa/Nairobi (EAT, UTC+03:00) with roughly 490.1K residents, anchoring local-time questions for Kenia.
Geographically, Ruiru is at 1.15°S, 36.96°E — that places it in the Equatorial Hemisphere's deep tropics, about 127 km from the equator, with year-round daylight that barely shifts between seasons.
Today the sun rises around 06:27 AM and sets around 06:31 PM in Ruiru — about 12h 4m of daylight. Kenia stays on standard time here, so UTC+03:00 is stable through the year.
Juja (8 km from Ruiru) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 4 curated airport pages indexed for Kenia.
On 2026-05-01, Labour Day is the next holiday flag for Ruiru — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Timezone
EAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Nairobi
UTC Offset
UTC+03:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 119
Days Remaining
246
Quarter
Q2
London
-2h
New York
-7h
Los Angeles
-10h
Dubai
+1h
Singapore
+5h
Tokyo
+6h
Sydney
+7h
São Paulo
-6h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Ruiru.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 06:50 PM | -2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 01:50 PM | -7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 10:50 AM | -10h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 09:50 PM | +1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 01:50 AM | +5h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 02:50 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 03:50 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 02:50 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
Ruiru bevindt zich in de tijdzone Africa/Nairobi (EAT), met een UTC-verschuiving van +03:00.
Ruiru hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Ruiru is UTC+03:00.
Ruiru sits at 1.15°S, 36.96°E in Kenia, with about 490.1K residents (rank #5 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Ruiru is Dubai, about 3,531 km away as the crow flies.
Juja is the closest indexed city, roughly 8 km from Ruiru.
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO) is the closest curated airport reference, about 19 km from Ruiru.
Labour Day is the next upcoming holiday in Kenia, on vrijdag 1 mei 2026.
Ruiru is a municipality and sub-county in Kiambu County, Kenya. It sits within the greater Nairobi Metropolitan region. According to the 2019 national population census, Ruiru was the 4th largest urban centre in Kenya by population. The name Ruiru is of the Kikuyu origin and possibly relates to the black cotton soil that is found in most parts of Ruiru.
From Ruiru the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~3,531 km), London (~6,813 km), Singapore (~7,439 km), while Los Angeles sits about 15,539 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Ruiru sits inside Kenia — the Eastern Africa subregion, capital Nairobi, languages English, Swahili, currency KES (Sh).
Juja (8 km), Kiambu (14 km), Githunguri (17 km), Thika (17 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Ruiru — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Ruiru: Labour Day, Madaraka Day, Mazingira Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Kenia.
Closest curated airport references from Ruiru: NBO Nairobi (19 km), EDL Eldoret (258 km), KIS Kisumu (275 km).
In 2015, A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
Jomo Kenyatta International AirportNBO
Nairobi · 19 km from Ruiru
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
Eldoret International AirportEDL
Eldoret · 258 km from Ruiru
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 5m
Kisumu International AirportKIS
Kisumu · 275 km from Ruiru
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 6m
Moi International AirportMBA
Mombasa · 434 km from Ruiru
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 18m
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
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Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now