Flood Check
Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
Gikomba: how deep did the water get?
In the Flood Check model of the Nairobi flood of 5 to 8 March 2026, the wettest tenth of Gikomba had 50 cm of water or more (knee deep), with the most water at Sun 8 Mar, 20:00. Most of the area stayed under 10 cm.
The model has no river channels: water that reaches a river valley stays there, so depths beside the Nairobi, Mathare and Ngong rivers are higher than the real water was. It has no blocked drains either. Check the exact street.
The numbers
- Wettest tenth of the area
- 50 cm, knee deep
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
- 14%, at Sun 8 Mar, 20:00
- Hours with 10 cm or more
- 22 hours, in the wettest tenth
- Compared with Nairobi
- wetter than 92% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Gikomba with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
Roads with the most water
- Pumwani Roadup to 96 cm, waist deep
- Lamu Roadup to 96 cm, waist deep
- Kamukunji Roadup to 78 cm, thigh deep
- Kombo Munyiri Roadup to 38 cm, knee deep
What the press reported
- Kariokor, Ring Road: The swollen Nairobi River blocked the Kariokor to Ring Road roundabout overnight. Five vehicles were towed.Citizen Digital, 7 Mar
Renting or buying here?
Pin the exact address on the 3D map to see its depth for every hour of the flood. Water can sit on one street and miss the next, so check the address, not only the area. Ask neighbours how high the water got, and visit after heavy rain.
Areas near Gikomba
- Gorofani36 cm
- Kamukunji32 cm
- Kajificheni34 cm
- Bondeni34 cm
- Nairobi Handcraft68 cm
- Majengo32 cm