Current local time in Malawi
Malawi has one time zone: CAT (Central Africa Time), UTC+2. The current time in 23 cities, with daylight saving dates and the time zone of each.
Lilongwe (capital)
CAT
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
UTC+2
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Continent
- Africa
- Time zones
- 1
- Population
- 22,216,120
- Area
- 118,480 km²
- Currency
- Kwacha (MWK)
- Languages
- Nyanja, Yao, Tumbuka
- Dialling code
- +265
- Internet domain
- .mw
Time zone in Malawi
One zone covers the whole country. Its largest city stands for it below.
| City | Local time | Compared to Lilongwe |
|---|---|---|
| LilongweCAT (Central Africa Time) · Africa/Blantyre | Tue 10:57 AM | Same time |
Current local time in 23 cities in Malawi
Every city in Malawi with 15,000 people or more, alphabetically, with its current local time. Open a city for its time zone, clock changes, sunrise and sunset.
- BalakaTue 10:57 AM
- BlantyreTue 10:57 AM
- ChitipaTue 10:57 AM
- DedzaTue 10:57 AM
- KarongaTue 10:57 AM
- KasunguTue 10:57 AM
- LilongweTue 10:57 AM
- LiwondeTue 10:57 AM
- MangochiTue 10:57 AM
- MchinjiTue 10:57 AM
- Monkey BayTue 10:57 AM
- MponelaTue 10:57 AM
- MulanjeTue 10:57 AM
- MwanzaTue 10:57 AM
- MzimbaTue 10:57 AM
- MzuzuTue 10:57 AM
- Nkhata BayTue 10:57 AM
- NkhotakotaTue 10:57 AM
- NsanjeTue 10:57 AM
- NtcheuTue 10:57 AM
- RumphiTue 10:57 AM
- SalimaTue 10:57 AM
- ZombaTue 10:57 AM
Countries next to Malawi
Frequently asked questions
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Every city in Malawi keeps the same time.
One. All of Malawi is on CAT (Central Africa Time) (Africa/Blantyre).
No. Clocks stay on UTC+2 all year.
Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.