| 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 |
Langkawi, 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 Langkawi 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 Langkawi 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 Langkawi lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Langkawi 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 Langkawi 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 Langkawi.
Langkawi (Malaysia) is home to roughly 100K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:08, sunset at 19:12. 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/Kuala_Lumpur
Coordinates
6.35°N, 99.80°E
Currency
MYR (RM)
Calling Code
+60
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Malay
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Legend holds that Langkawi was cursed for seven generations in 1819 by Mahsuri, executed for adultery she did not commit. The curse was considered to have expired in the 1980s, which is roughly when the island's tourist economy began.
The clock: Langkawi keeps UTC+8. Its geopark contains rock formations around 550 million years old, the oldest in Malaysia.
Langkawi lies at 99.8°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 20.2° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 81 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 13:21 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 29m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 45m. The swing between them is 44 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 Langkawi the sun comes up earliest on 25 May at 07:04, while the latest sunset waits until 18 July at 19:40. 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 Langkawi 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 Langkawi, Malaysia is Asia/Kuala_Lumpur with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Langkawi has an estimated population of 100K and is located at coordinates 6.35°N, 99.80°E.
Langkawi gets 12h 29m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 45m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Langkawi falls at about 13:21 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 20.2° from the meridian its zone is built on.
An Island Under a Curse: Legend holds that Langkawi was cursed for seven generations in 1819 by Mahsuri, executed for adultery she did not commit.