Elevation of Ruiru, Central, Kenya
Ruiru, Central, Kenya is 1,531 m (5,023 ft) above sea level.
Ruiru's height from sea level is 1,531 metres, or 5,023 feet. GeoNames reads 1,531 m at the same point (SRTM).
Ground within 5 km
Mean 1,536 m across the 10.2 km square centred on the town, 93 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Ruiru
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.8 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Ruiru; the vertical scale is the same on both.
Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.
Towns near Ruiru
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiambu | 14.4 km | W | 1,699 m (5,574 ft) | +168 m |
| Thika | 18.6 km | NE | 1,480 m (4,856 ft) | −51 m |
| Nairobi (Nairobi) | 21.9 km | SW | 1,673 m (5,489 ft) | +142 m |
| Kandara | 28.5 km | N | 1,624 m (5,328 ft) | +93 m |
| Limuru | 29.7 km | W | 2,053 m (6,736 ft) | +522 m |
Where Ruiru is
Latitude -1.1488889, longitude 36.9569444. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.
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About this reading
The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Ruiru's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 1,531 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep.