Nairobi for remote workers: time-zone overlap, weather by month, prices

US Eastern team 0–1 h shared 9–5 · their day is 17:00–01:00 here

US Pacific team 0 h shared 9–5 · their day is 20:00–04:00 here

UK team 5–6 h shared 9–5 · their day is 12:00–20:00 here

Central Europe team 6–7 h shared 9–5 · their day is 11:00–19:00 here

Price level 35 Very low: household prices Kenya-wide vs US = 100 (2025)

Comfortable months 12 / 12 all year

Your team's working day, on Nairobi's clock

Today (1 November 2026). Each bar is 24 hours of local time in Nairobi; the shaded column is a local 9–5.

Employer's 9–5 Overlap with your 9–5 Your 9–5 Night (22–7)

US Eastern 17:00–01:00

0 h

US Pacific 20:00–04:00

0 h

UK 12:00–20:00

5 h

Central Europe 11:00–19:00

6 h

Another zone

Kenya does not change its clocks, so every shift in shared hours comes from your employer's side.

Shared hours through the year

Hours of a 9–5 in both places that coincide, lowest–highest across each month's working days. "Awake" stretches your day to 7:00–22:00.

Month	US Eastern	US Pacific	UK	Central Europe
Jan	0 h awake 5 h	0 h awake 2 h	5 h awake 8 h	6 h awake 8 h
Feb	0 h awake 5 h	0 h awake 2 h	5 h awake 8 h	6 h awake 8 h
Mar	0–1 h awake 5–6 h	0 h awake 2–3 h	5–6 h awake 8 h	6–7 h awake 8 h
Apr	1 h awake 6 h	0 h awake 3 h	6 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
May	1 h awake 6 h	0 h awake 3 h	6 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Jun	1 h awake 6 h	0 h awake 3 h	6 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Jul	1 h awake 6 h	0 h awake 3 h	6 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Aug	1 h awake 6 h	0 h awake 3 h	6 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Sep	1 h awake 6 h	0 h awake 3 h	6 h awake 8 h	7 h awake 8 h
Oct	1 h awake 6 h	0 h awake 3 h	5–6 h awake 8 h	6–7 h awake 8 h
Nov	0 h awake 5 h	0 h awake 2 h	5 h awake 8 h	6 h awake 8 h
Dec	0 h awake 5 h	0 h awake 2 h	5 h awake 8 h	6 h awake 8 h

Weather for working, month by month

GreatGoodFairPoor How the score works

Month	High	Low	Rain	Dew point	Daylight	Score
Jan	28°C	14°C	47 mm	13°C comfortable	12.1 h	9.6
Feb	29°C	14°C	39 mm	12°C comfortable	12.0 h	8.6
Mar	28°C	15°C	88 mm	14°C comfortable	12.0 h	8.4
Apr	27°C	16°C	190 mm	15°C comfortable	12.0 h	7.8
May	25°C	15°C	129 mm	15°C comfortable	11.9 h	8.8
Jun	24°C	14°C	28 mm	13°C comfortable	11.9 h	10.0
Jul	24°C	13°C	10 mm	12°C comfortable	11.9 h	10.0
Aug	24°C	13°C	17 mm	12°C comfortable	12.0 h	10.0
Sep	26°C	13°C	24 mm	12°C comfortable	12.0 h	10.0
Oct	27°C	15°C	56 mm	13°C comfortable	12.0 h	10.0
Nov	26°C	15°C	126 mm	14°C comfortable	12.1 h	8.9
Dec	26°C	15°C	86 mm	14°C comfortable	12.1 h	9.6

TerraClimate 1991–2020 averages for the ~4 km grid cell. Daylight is computed for mid-month.

Getting there and settling in

Population: 5,545,000 (2016)
Elevation: 1661 m
Airports: Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), 12 km
Wilson Airport (WIL), 3 km
Time zone: Africa/Nairobi
Visas: Rules depend on your passport and change often; NomadCritic does not summarise them. Check Kenya's official government or embassy website.
Read more: Nairobi on Wikipedia

Travel advice

US: Level 3 Reconsider Travel. State Department

UK FCDO The FCDO advises against all travel to parts of the country; advises against all but essential travel to parts of the country. Updated 2026-10-30. GOV.UK

Checked 2026-11-01 (US) and 2026-11-01 (UK). Read the official advice before you go.

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