Current Time in Malawi
Malawi uses one time zone.
Page text updated Nov 5, 2026. Clock values are computed from the IANA time zone database each time the page is generated (at least hourly). Holiday and country reference data come from snapshots that are refreshed manually.
What time is it in Malawi
It's 9:03 PM CAT (UTC+02:00) in Malawi on Thursday, 5 November 2026.
Malawi does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+2 all year.
- Time zone
- Central Africa Time
- IANA: Africa/Blantyre
- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00 (CAT)
- Clock changes
- No clock changes: UTC+2 all year.
Times in this text are from when the page was generated (it is regenerated at least hourly). The clocks below update live.
Major Cities
Lilongwe
Blantyre
Mzuzu
Zomba
How Malawi writes dates and times
- Date format
- DD/MM/YYYY
- day-month-year, e.g. 25/11/2026 · 25 November 2026
- Clock
- 12-hour
- e.g. 3:30 pm
- Week starts on
- Monday
- Weekend: Saturday and Sunday
- Calendar
- Gregorian
Formats are the Unicode CLDR conventions for the en-MW locale, the everyday written standard; individual organisations may differ.
Time difference from Malawi
Workday overlap compares 09:00–17:00 on both sides at today's offsets, shown in Malawi time.
| City | Local time | Difference | Workday overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | Thu 7:03 PM | 2 h behind | 6 h (11:00–17:00) |
| New York | Thu 2:03 PM | 7 h behind | 1 h (16:00–17:00) |
| Los Angeles | Thu 11:03 AM | 10 h behind | None |
| Dubai | Thu 11:03 PM | 2 h ahead | 6 h (09:00–15:00) |
| Singapore | Fri 3:03 AM | 6 h ahead | 2 h (09:00–11:00) |
| Tokyo | Fri 4:03 AM | 7 h ahead | 1 h (09:00–10:00) |
| Sydney | Fri 6:03 AM | 9 h ahead | None |
| São Paulo | Thu 4:03 PM | 5 h behind | 3 h (14:00–17:00) |
Malawi at a glance
- Capital
- Lilongwe
- Population
- 20,734,262
- Currency
- Malawian kwacha (MWK)
Questions about time in Malawi
- What time is it in Malawi right now?
- When this page was generated it was 9:03 PM CAT (UTC+02:00) in Malawi.
- How many time zones does Malawi have?
- Malawi uses one time zone, Central Africa Time (IANA ID Africa/Blantyre).
- Does Malawi observe daylight saving time?
- No. Malawi does not use daylight saving time; it stays on UTC+2 all year.