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Live local time
Balaka, Malaui
04:13:51 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Blantyre
Hora local actual
04:13:51 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zona horaria
CAT
Africa/Blantyre · UTC+02:00
Próximo festivo
No upcoming public holiday in view
Holiday calendar signal unavailable
Solapamiento laboral ahora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Balaka right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
No nearby airport
No indexed airport link is currently mapped near Balaka
Aeropuertos indexados
0
Curated airport references available for Malaui
Snapshot at render time: 04:13:51 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Balaka (UTC+02:00, CAT).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
18°C, Clear sky
Feels like 20°C · Humidity 90% · Wind 5 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
05:50 AM to 05:24 PM
Day length 11h 34m · Solar noon 11:37 AM
Tracked countdowns rendered for Balaka local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Mother's Day (US) 2026
festival-seculardomingo, 10 de mayo de 2026
10 days to go
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techmartes, 12 de mayo de 2026
12 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalviernes, 15 de mayo de 2026
15 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynoteviernes, 15 de mayo de 2026
15 days to go
WHO Pandemic Agreement — Adoption at 79th WHA
politicallunes, 18 de mayo de 2026
18 days to go
Forza Horizon 6
release-gamemartes, 19 de mayo de 2026
19 days to go
Population
41K
Coordinates
-14.98, 34.96
Timezone
Africa/Blantyre
Aeropuertos indexados
0
Capital
Lilongwe
Languages
English, Chewa
Currency
MWK (MK)
Country area
118,484 km²
Local time in Balaka runs on the CAT, UTC+02:00 clock; with roughly 41K residents the city (rank #10 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Malaui.
The coordinates 14.98°S, 34.96°E put Balaka roughly 1663 km from the equator in the tropics of the Southern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects small seasonal swing in sunrise and sunset.
Today the sun rises around 05:50 AM and sets around 05:24 PM in Balaka — about 11h 34m of daylight. Malaui stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Liwonde (31 km from Balaka) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with no airport pages currently indexed for Malaui.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
CAT
IANA Zone
Africa/Blantyre
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
London
-1h
New York
-6h
Los Angeles
-9h
Dubai
+2h
Singapore
+6h
Tokyo
+7h
Sydney
+8h
São Paulo
-5h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Balaka.
Balaka is a township in Southern Region, Malawi and headquarters for the Balaka District. The township was formerly a boma of Machinga District, before the Balaka District was created in 1998.
Distance-wise, Balaka is closest to Dubai (~4,981 km), Singapore (~7,783 km), London (~8,135 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 16,592 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Balaka sits inside Malaui — the Eastern Africa subregion, capital Lilongwe, languages English, Chewa, currency MWK (MK).
Around Balaka, the nearest mapped reference cities are Liwonde (31 km), Ntcheu (39 km), Zomba (60 km), Mangochi (65 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for CAT planning.
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
The current curated airport set does not expose a nearby airport block for Balaka, so this page falls back to timezone and regional planning context instead of showing a broken travel panel.
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
On this day
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 03:13 AM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 10:13 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 07:13 PM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 06:13 AM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 10:13 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 11:13 AM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 12:13 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 11:13 PM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Balaka está en la zona horaria Africa/Blantyre (CAT), con un desfase UTC de +02:00.
Balaka no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Balaka es UTC+02:00.
Balaka sits at 14.98°S, 34.96°E in Malaui, with about 41K residents (rank #10 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Balaka is Dubai, about 4,981 km away as the crow flies.
Liwonde is the closest indexed city, roughly 31 km from Balaka.
