Nairobi
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About
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya, located in the south-central part of the country. As of 2024, it has a population of 4.8 million and a metropolitan population of 5.7 million, making it the 11th most populous city in Africa. Nicknamed the "Green City under the Sun", Nairobi is uniquely notable for being the only capital city in the world that hosts a national park within its boundaries. Its name originates from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, meaning "place of cool waters".
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The next week in Nairobi
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
23° / 16°
0.7 mm
UV Very high
Sat
Drizzle
24° / 16°
2.6 mm
UV Very high
Sun
Drizzle
24° / 16°
1.8 mm
UV High
Mon
Drizzle
23° / 16°
3.6 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Drizzle
23° / 15°
1.2 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
24°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
30° / 10°
Typical high / low
2 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.1h
06:27 – 18:30local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Nairobi
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Nairobi Wilson Airport (WIL) at 4 km.
Getting around Nairobi
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
Public domain, earlier version Mandingoesque; this version Johannes Rössel.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.