Local time in Malawi
Republic of Malawi
Current local time in Malawi (CAT (UTC+2)). The clock below updates live in your browser.
Time difference — Lilongwe
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Differences are relative to Lilongwe, Malawi, and account for daylight saving time right now.
Time zone information for Malawi
- Standard label
- CAT (UTC+2)
- Standard offset (Lilongwe)
- UTC+2
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed
- Number of time zones
- 1
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- IANA zones
- Africa/Maputo
Malawi uses CAT (UTC+2) as its standard time. Clocks stay on the same offset all year round — daylight saving time is not observed. Times on this page are computed in your browser from the IANA time zone database, so they always match the real current time in Malawi.
Sunrise and sunset in Lilongwe
At 14.0° south, Lilongwe gets 12 h 57 min of daylight around the December solstice but only 11 h 18 min around the June solstice — a difference of 1 h 39 min.
| Date | Sunrise | Solar noon | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 January | 05:32 | 11:57 | 18:21 | 12 h 49 min |
| 21 February | 05:45 | 12:00 | 18:14 | 12 h 28 min |
| 21 March | 05:50 | 11:53 | 17:56 | 12 h 07 min |
| 21 April | 05:53 | 11:44 | 17:36 | 11 h 43 min |
| 21 May | 06:00 | 11:42 | 17:25 | 11 h 25 min |
| 21 June | 06:08 | 11:47 | 17:26 | 11 h 18 min |
| 21 July | 06:10 | 11:52 | 17:34 | 11 h 25 min |
| 21 August | 05:58 | 11:49 | 17:40 | 11 h 42 min |
| 21 September | 05:36 | 11:39 | 17:42 | 12 h 05 min |
| 21 October | 05:16 | 11:30 | 17:44 | 12 h 28 min |
| 21 November | 05:07 | 11:32 | 17:56 | 12 h 49 min |
| 21 December | 05:15 | 11:44 | 18:12 | 12 h 57 min |
Calculated for Lilongwe (-13.99°, 33.77°; coordinates from Wikidata) with the standard solar-position formulas used by NOAA, for a sea-level horizon. Results are accurate to about a minute; hills, buildings and altitude shift what you actually see. Times change by only a minute or two from year to year.
Daylight saving time in Malawi
Malawi does not change its clocks: it stays on CAT (UTC+2) all year in 2026 and 2027.
Dates come from the IANA time zone database as bundled at build time. Governments occasionally change their rules at short notice.