This research investigated the influence of teaching and learning environment on map reading in geography among public secondary schools Langata Sub County, Nairobi County. The study is guided by the following objectives: To investigatethe influence of learners’ perception on map reading in geography among public secondary schools Langata Sub County, Nairobi County;To explore the influence of teaching methodologies on teaching and learning of map reading in geography among public secondary schools Langata Sub County, Nairobi County; To find out the influence of teaching andlearning resourceon map reading in geography among public secondary schools Langata Sub County, Nairobi County.To achieve these objectives, the researcher adopted descriptive survey research design where he purposively selected a boy’s secondary school, a girl’s secondary school and a mixed day secondary school. The target population was 340, which produced a sample size of 114 comprising of 104 students and 12 teachers. Self-administered questionnaires for students and interview guide for teachers was used to collect data while statistical programme for SPSS was used to get descriptive statistics. The study established that teaching methodologies used by geography teachers positively influenced the learning and teaching of map reading. The study noted that a higher number of geography teachers were striving to make map reading lessons interesting by using captivating illustrations. The study revealed that most schools had adequate teaching and learning resources to support map reading. However, the other resources such as textbooks were outdated thus providing the outdated information hence affecting learners map reading performance negatively. The study concluded that most geography teachers were extremely overburdened by workload thus they ended up failing to complete the geography syllabus, which influenced map reading. The study recommended that the government should equip secondary schools with adequate resources containing up-to-date information and employ adequate and trained geography teachers to teach mapreading.