Malawi · CAT
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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
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?
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
Working Hours
8h overlap