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Lilongwe

UTC+2

Malawi · CAT

Winter
02:43:40Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:12↓ 17:3024:00
Sunrise
06:12
Sunset
17:30
Daylight
11.3hrs
Population
989K
Season
Winter
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Lilongwe, Malawi runs on UTC+2. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 6-hour difference between Lilongwe and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Lilongwe lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Lilongwe and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Lilongwe lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Lilongwe and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Lilongwe lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Lilongwe.

Practical Info

Lilongwe (Malawi) is home to roughly 989K people. Today brings about 11.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:12, sunset at 17:30. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 14° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.

Flag

Malawi

Malawi

Capital

Lilongwe 👑

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

CAT · Africa/Blantyre

Coordinates

13.98°S, 33.79°E

Currency

MWK (MK)

Calling Code

+265

Driving Side

Left

Hemisphere

Southern

Language

English, Chichewa

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

A Lake With More Fish Species Than Any Other

Lake Malawi holds an estimated 700 to 1,000 cichlid species, more fish species than any other lake on Earth, and almost all of them are found nowhere else. It covers about a fifth of the country.

The clock: Lilongwe keeps UTC+2. It became capital in 1975, replacing Zomba, and was largely built with South African financing.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

8h overlap
LilongweUTC+2
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824