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The weather6
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The hours it keeps6
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Getting out5
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The ground and the sky4
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🇰🇪 Kenya · metro 6.6M · 1,413 venues mapped

Nairobi

Where Nairobi places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is hours open per week, where it ranks 82 of 1,878.

This city has a full profile Read Nairobi in the atlas → Weather, rhythm, seasons, sourced claims and its vital absurdities.
Nearest city 🇰🇪 Ngong 18 km Nearest written profile 🇷🇼 Kigali 📖 755 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink1,413 places mapped
09:15–23:00
0006121824
5%
open past midnight
96%
open on Sundays
84h
open per week
15%
open 24/7
Shops & errands651 places mapped
07:30–22:00
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6%
open past midnight
83%
open on Sundays
105h
open per week
23%
open 24/7

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
113
umbrella days a year
27.5 m
of rain since 1981
2,215
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
4
volcanoes within 100 km
53.2 km
to Suswa
0.4
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
18:35
winter sunset (solar approx.)
12.2 h
longest day of the year
14
public holidays, 2024
8,899
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureNairobi RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 4.9% 251 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Freilassing 4.9%🇬🇧 Grays 4.9%🇵🇱 Krakow 4.9%🇺🇸 Lancaster 4.9%Nairobi🇺🇸 Puyallup 4.9%🇬🇧 Worcester 4.9%🇳🇱 Alkmaar 4.8%🇧🇦 Banja Luka 4.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 84 h 82 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Mito 84 h🇮🇳 Mumbai 84 h🇷🇺 Murmansk 84 h🇮🇳 Mysuru 84 hNairobi🇨🇳 Nanjing 84 h🇮🇳 New Delhi 84 h🇺🇸 New Orleans 84 h🇸🇰 Nitra 84 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 22.1% 254 of 1,878 🇺🇸 Johnson City 22.2%🇹🇼 Kaohsiung 22.2%🇵🇪 Pisco 22.2%🇦🇷 Santa Fe 22.2%Nairobi🇭🇷 Pula 22.1%🇯🇵 Tokyo 22.1%🇮🇹 Gallarate 22%🇮🇹 Massa 22%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 1% 374 of 1,878 🇫🇮 Joensuu 1%🇸🇮 Ljubljana 1%🇺🇸 Lynn 1%🇲🇽 Mexico City 1%Nairobi🇭🇷 Split 1%🇨🇦 Trois-Rivières 1%🇷🇺 Tula 1%🇸🇪 Umeå 1%
Never close at all% open 24/7 14.7% 90 of 1,878 🇨🇳 Zhaoqing 15%🇧🇷 Santos 14.9%🇨🇾 Kyrenia 14.8%🇺🇸 Lake Charles 14.7%Nairobi🇺🇸 San Antonio 14.6%🇩🇿 Algiers 14.5%🇰🇷 Daejeon 14.5%🇺🇸 Valdosta 14.5%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 83% 152 of 1,704 🇫🇷 Poissy 83.1%🇹🇳 Tunis 83.1%🇨🇦 Halifax 83%🇮🇹 Lecco 83%Nairobi🇨🇦 St. John's 83%🇺🇸 Amarillo 82.9%🇧🇷 Lago Norte 82.8%🇬🇧 Shrewsbury 82.7%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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