Kenya
EAT
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm
NZST
New Zealand Standard Time
GMT +12
12am
3am
6am
9am
12pm
3pm
6pm
9pm

Compare Nairobi time with NZST time, including current local time, UTC offsets, time difference, daylight saving changes, working hours, and shareable meeting times.

Time Difference

EAT (Eastern Africa Time) is 9 hours behind New Zealand Standard Time
12:30 am00:30 in Nairobi, Kenya is 9:30 am09:30 in NZST

Nairobi to NZST call time
Best time for a conference call or a meeting is between 8am-9am in Nairobi which corresponds to 5pm-6pm in NZST

12:30 am00:30 EAT (Eastern Africa Time) (Nairobi, Kenya). Offset UTC +3:00 hours
9:30 am09:30 New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). Offset UTC +12:00 hours

12:30 am00:30 Nairobi, Kenya / 9:30 am09:30 NZST

Nairobi, KenyaNZST
12am (midnight)9am
1am10am
2am11am
3am12pm (noon)
4am1pm
5am2pm
6am3pm
7am4pm
8am5pm
9am6pm
10am7pm
11am8pm
12pm (noon)9pm
1pm10pm
2pm11pm
3pm12am (midnight)
4pm1am
5pm2am
6pm3am
7pm4am
8pm5am
9pm6am
10pm7am
11pm8am
00:0009:00
01:0010:00
02:0011:00
03:0012:00
04:0013:00
05:0014:00
06:0015:00
07:0016:00
08:0017:00
09:0018:00
10:0019:00
11:0020:00
12:0021:00
13:0022:00
14:0023:00
15:0000:00
16:0001:00
17:0002:00
18:0003:00
19:0004:00
20:0005:00
21:0006:00
22:0007:00
23:0008:00

Nairobi Information

Time Zone

Abbreviation / Name
EAT - Eastern Africa Time
UTC / GMT Offset
+3:00 hours during Eastern Africa Time, currently in use.

Nairobi Facts

Country
Kenya
Alternative Names
NBO, Nairoba, Nairobi, Nairobia, Nairobis, Nairobo, Nairoby, Nairobî, Nairompi, Nairòbi, Nairóbi, Najrobi, Najrobo, Nayrobi, Nayroobi, Naíróbí, Naýrobi, na'irobi, nai luo bi, nailobi, nairobi, nairopi, nayreabi, nayrwby, nei luo bi, nirobi, nyrwby, nyyrwby, Ναϊρόμπι, Найроби, Найробі, Најроби, Նայրոբի, נייראבי, ניירובי, نايروبى, نایروبی, نایرۆبی, نيروبي, نیروبی, नैरोबी, নাইরোবি, ਨੈਰੋਬੀ, நைரோபி, ನೈರೋಬಿ, നയ്റോബി, ไนโรบี, ནའི་རོ་བི།, နိုင်ရိုဘီမြို့, ნაირობი, ናይሮቢ, ナイロビ, 内罗毕, 奈洛比, 나이로비
Population
2,750,547
Currency
Shilling (KES)
Geographic Coordinates
1° 16' S Latitude / 36° 49' E Longitude
International Dialing Code
+254

New Zealand Standard Time

Offset: NZST is 12 hours ahead Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is used in Pacific

Countries using this time zone: Antarctica, New Zealand

Principal Cities: The largest city in the NZST time zone is Auckland in New Zealand, with about 1.535 million people. Other major cities in this time zone include Wellington, Christchurch, Hamilton, Tauranga.

NZST Time Zone Geo Map
NZST timezone map

Daylight Saving: This is a standard time zone. During summer, some places set clocks forward one hour for daylight saving time and observe New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT).

Daylight saving time clock moves back for one hour from 3am to 2amStart: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) started on Sunday, April 5, 2026 at 3:00 am local time and clocks were set one hour back to Sunday, April 5, 2026, 2:00 am. Standard time starts annually on the first Sunday of April.

Daylight saving time clock moves forward for one hour from 2am to 3amEnd: New Zealand Standard Time (NZST) ends on Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 2:00 am local time and clocks are set one hour forward to Sunday, September 27, 2026, 3:00 am local daylight time instead. Standard time ends annually on the last Sunday of September.

NZST representations, usage and related time zones

W3C/ISO-8601: International standard covering representation and exchange of dates and time-related data
  • +12 - basic short
  • +1200 - basic
  • +12:00 - extended
Email/RFC-2822: Internet Message Format Date Standard, typically used for timestamps in email headers
  • +1200 - sign character (+) followed by a four digit time providing hours (12) and minutes (00) of the offset. Indicates an offset of twelve hours to the east of the zero meridian.
Military/NATO: Used by the U.S. military, Chinese military and others
  • Mike - Military abbreviation for NZST
  • M - short form of 'Mike'
IANA/Olson: Reflects NZST time zone boundaries defined by political bodies, primarily intended for use with computer programs and operating systems
  • Antarctica/McMurdo
  • Antarctica/South_Pole
  • NZ
  • Pacific/Auckland
Time zones with the GMT +12 offset:
  • ANAST - Anadyr Summer Time
  • ANAT - Anadyr Time
  • FJT - Fiji Time
  • GILT - Gilbert Island Time
  • M - Mike Time Zone
  • MAGST - Magadan Summer Time
  • MHT - Marshall Islands Time
  • NRT - Nauru Time
  • NZST - New Zealand Standard Time
  • PETST - Kamchatka Summer Time
  • TVT - Tuvalu Time
  • WFT - Wallis and Futuna Time