Flood Check
Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
Kariokor: how deep did the water get?
In the Flood Check model of the Nairobi flood of 5 to 8 March 2026, little water settled in Kariokor: the wettest tenth had 8 cm or less. The wettest road, Ring Road, had up to 274 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
- 8 cm, ankle deep
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
- 10%, at Sat 7 Mar, 22:00
- Compared with Nairobi
- wetter than 76% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Kariokor with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
Roads with the most water
- Ring Roadup to 274 cm, chest deep or more
- Kariakor Roundaboutup to 270 cm, chest deep or more
- Racecourse Roadup to 270 cm, chest deep or more
- Kombo Munyiri Roadup to 234 cm, chest deep or more
- Ring Road Ngaraup to 122 cm, chest deep or more
- Pumwani Roadup to 96 cm, waist deep
What the press reported
- Kirinyaga Road, CBD: The Red Cross rescued at least 20 people stranded on Kirinyaga Road.Citizen Digital, 7 Mar
- 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 Kariokor
- Ziwani0 cm
- River Side108 cm
- Starehe2 cm
- Ngara East0 cm
- Ngara Heights108 cm
- Bondeni34 cm