Nairobi
Capital of Kenya: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Nairobi, view from KICC: Daryona, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Nairobi is the capital of Kenya, in Nairobi County. About 4.4 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Kenya in our atlas.
It lies at 1.28° S, 36.82° E, about 1,684 m (5,525 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Nairobi time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Nairobi. Green dots: other major cities of Kenya. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Nairobi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 29°C (84°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 12°C (53°F). Around 601 mm (24 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Apr.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in KenyaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Karuri · 14 km
- Kikuyu · 18 km
- Ruiru · 22 km
- Thika · 39 km
- Naivasha · 76 km
- Karuri · 76 km
- Nakuru · 136 km
- Kisumu · 263 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 184745 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3870 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Nairobi, view from KICC: Daryona, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- A lone giraffe in Nairobi National Park: The original uploader was Mkimemia at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- View of Monument in Uhuru Park, Nairobi: DEMOSH from Nairobi, Kenya, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Britam tower: Eddiemm, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- State House Nairobi: DEMOSH from Nairobi, Kenya, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- BomasLuoVillage: SteveRwanda, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
