| 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 |
Kota Kinabalu, 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 Kota Kinabalu 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 Kota Kinabalu 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 Kota Kinabalu lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Kota Kinabalu 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 Kota Kinabalu 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 Kota Kinabalu.
Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia) is home to roughly 500K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:03, sunset at 18:07. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 6° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
Malaysia
Capital
Kuala Lumpur
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Kuching
Coordinates
5.98°N, 116.07°E
Currency
MYR (RM)
Calling Code
+60
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Malay
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Mount Kinabalu rises to 4,095 metres behind the city and is still gaining roughly 5 mm a year as the granite beneath it continues to rise. It is one of the most biologically diverse sites on Earth, with over 5,000 plant species.
The clock: Kota Kinabalu keeps UTC+8 in Malaysian Borneo, and is far enough east that its sunsets come close to an hour before Kuala Lumpur's on the same clock.
Kota Kinabalu lies at 116.1°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 3.9° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 16 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:16 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 28m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 46m. The swing between them is 42 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 Kota Kinabalu the sun comes up earliest on 25 May at 06:00, while the latest sunset waits until 19 July at 18:35. 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 Kota Kinabalu 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 Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia is Asia/Kuching with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Kota Kinabalu has an estimated population of 500K and is located at coordinates 5.98°N, 116.07°E.
Kota Kinabalu gets 12h 28m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 46m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Kota Kinabalu falls at about 12:16 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 3.9° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A Mountain That Is Still Growing: Mount Kinabalu rises to 4,095 metres behind the city and is still gaining roughly 5 mm a year as the granite beneath it continues to rise.