Nakuru
City in Kenya: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Nakuru montage: Nairobi123 Original Works Above, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Nakuru is a city in Kenya, in Nakuru County. About 570,674 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Kenya in our atlas.
It lies at 0.31° S, 36.07° E, about 1,802 m (5,912 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Nairobi time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Nakuru. Green dots: other major cities of Kenya. Map data: Natural Earth.
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
- Naivasha · 60 km
- Karuri · 123 km
- Kikuyu · 123 km
- Eldoret · 128 km
- Karuri · 131 km
- Ruiru · 136 km
- Nairobi · 136 km
- Thika · 137 km
Sources
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 184622 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q239421 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
Photo credits
- Nakuru montage: Nairobi123 Original Works Above, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)