Nairobi flood, 5 to 8 Mar 2026
Peponi: 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 Peponi: the wettest tenth had 8 cm or less. The wettest road, Peponi Road, had up to 210 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 Sun 8 Mar, 09:00
- Compared with Nairobi
- wetter than 78% of the 318 Nairobi areas here
Land with water, hour by hour
Share of the land within 700 m of the centre of Peponi with 10 cm of water or more (the line marks the peak).
Roads with the most water
- Peponi Roadup to 210 cm, chest deep or more
- Peponi Closeup to 162 cm, chest deep or more
- Peponi Gardensup to 116 cm, waist deep
- Spring Valley Roadup to 60 cm, thigh deep
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 Peponi
- Spring Valley4 cm
- Highridge4 cm
- Karuna Close0 cm
- St. Mark0 cm
- Brookside0 cm
- Luna Park/Mpaka Road0 cm