Flood Check
Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
Nairobi West: 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 Nairobi West had 30 cm of water or more (shin deep), with the most water at Sat 7 Mar, 03:00. 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.
Open Nairobi West on the 3D map
The numbers
- Wettest tenth of the area
- 30 cm, shin deep
- Most of the area
- dry or nearly dry
- Land with 10 cm or more at the peak
- 15%, at Sat 7 Mar, 03:00
- Hours with 10 cm or more
- 71 hours, in the wettest tenth
- Compared with Nairobi
- wetter than 88% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Nairobi West with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
Roads with the most water
- Mai Mahiu Roadup to 74 cm, thigh deep
- Mombasa Roadup to 52 cm, knee deep
- Langata Roadup to 52 cm, knee deep
- Melili Roadup to 52 cm, knee deep
- Nairobi Expresswayup to 52 cm, knee deep
- Muhoho Avenueup to 48 cm, knee deep
What the press reported
- Uhuru Highway: Named among the flooded highways, including near the Haile Selassie exit of the Nairobi Expressway.Kenyans.co.ke, 7 Mar
- Mombasa Road: Flooded near South C and Bellevue and towards the JKIA exit. Motorists were stranded overnight. The article does not say which stretch was deepest.Citizen Digital, 7 Mar
- Lang'ata Road, T-Mall: Lang'ata Road near T-Mall named among the flooded roads.Kenyans.co.ke, 7 Mar
- South B, South C and Nairobi West: Named among the flooded estates. The article says water rose to knee level in some estates.Kenyans.co.ke, 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 Nairobi West
- South C2 cm
- Siwaka Estate6 cm
- Mariakani88 cm
- Landimawe0 cm
- South B0 cm
- Upper Hill2 cm