Elevation of Limuru, Central, Kenya

Limuru, Central, Kenya is 2,053 m (6,736 ft) above sea level.

Limuru's height from sea level is 2,053 metres, or 6,736 feet.

Ground within 5 km

1,850 m – 2,290 m

Mean 2,045 m across the 10.2 km square centred on the town, 440 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

3rd of 19

among the towns of Central, and 12th of 141 in Kenya.

Nearest town

9.5 km to the S, at 1,965 m, 88 m lower.

Cross-section through Limuru

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 Limuru; the vertical scale is the same on both.

2,3761,685WE28.8 km
West to east: from 1,918 m at 14 km west to 1,733 m at 14 km east.
2,3761,685NS28.8 km
North to south: from 2,242 m at 14 km north to 1,887 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around Limuru, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 60 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

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 Limuru

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Kikuyu 9.5 kmS 1,965 m (6,447 ft) −88 m
Kiambu 15.6 kmE 1,699 m (5,574 ft) −354 m
Nairobi (Nairobi) 20 kmSE 1,673 m (5,489 ft) −380 m
Ngong (Rift Valley) 20.9 kmS 1,913 m (6,276 ft) −140 m
Kijabe 27.1 kmNW 2,174 m (7,133 ft) +121 m

Where Limuru is

Latitude -1.1692017, longitude 36.6903289. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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Limuru elevation: 2,053 m (6,736 ft) above sea level

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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 Limuru'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.