| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −7h | Becomes −8h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −6h | Becomes −7h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −4h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +1h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +2h | Becomes +3h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −12h | Becomes −13h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −15h | Becomes −16h on 1 Nov |
George Town, Malaysia runs on UTC+8. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between George Town and New York is 12 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between George Town and London is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in George Town lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between George Town and Tokyo is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in George Town lines up with 10:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from George Town.
George Town (Malaysia) is home to roughly 790K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:06, sunset at 19:10. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 5° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Malaysia
Capital
Kuala Lumpur
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Coordinates
5.41°N, 100.33°E
Currency
MYR (RM)
Calling Code
+60
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Malay
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
George Town's shophouses survived largely because rent control froze the property market from 1948 until 2000, making redevelopment unprofitable. By the time controls lifted, the buildings were old enough to be worth protecting, and UNESCO listed them in 2008.
The clock: George Town keeps UTC+8, as does all of Malaysia — a single offset adopted in 1982 to align the peninsula with Borneo.
George Town lies at 100.3°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 19.7° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 79 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 13:19 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+8 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 26m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 48m. The swing between them is 38 minutes. Within a few degrees of the equator the length of the day barely moves all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In George Town the sun comes up earliest on 24 May at 07:03, while the latest sunset waits until 19 July at 19:37. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In George Town that civil twilight runs about 21 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for George Town, Malaysia is Asia/Kuala_Lumpur with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
George Town has an estimated population of 790K and is located at coordinates 5.41°N, 100.33°E.
George Town gets 12h 26m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 48m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in George Town falls at about 13:19 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 19.7° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A World Heritage Site Saved by Rent Control: George Town's shophouses survived largely because rent control froze the property market from 1948 until 2000, making redevelopment unprofitable.