New York Nairobi Time Difference

What is the Time Difference Between New York and Nairobi?

Nairobi is 8 hours ahead of New York during Eastern Standard Time. New York uses EST (UTC-5) while Nairobi uses East Africa Time (EAT, UTC+3). When it's 12:00 PM in New York, it's 8:00 PM in Nairobi.

During New York's daylight saving time (March to November), the difference reduces to 7 hours as New York moves to UTC-4. Kenya does not observe daylight saving time.

Best Time to Call Nairobi from New York

Best calling time: 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM New York time. This corresponds to 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM in Nairobi (or 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM during EDT).

Nairobi is East Africa's largest city and a growing tech hub known as "Silicon Savannah." It hosts the UN Environment Programme headquarters. Many US tech and development organizations have offices there.

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