LilongweMalawi
Current time in Lilongwe, Malawi
Thursday, 24 September 2026
Central Africa TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockLilongwe time at a glance
- Country
- Malawi
- Location
- Capital city of Malawi
- Time zone
Africa/Blantyre- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- GMT+2
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Lilongwe time guide
Does Lilongwe change its clocks?
UTC+02:00.- Year-round offset
- Central Africa Time (CAT), UTC+02:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Africa/Blantyre
- Lilongwe and London
- 2 hours ahead during GMT; 1 hour ahead during BST
- Lilongwe and New York
- 7 hours ahead during EST; 6 hours ahead during EDT
City and rural district
Lilongwe City is separate from Lilongwe District
Malawi's 2018 census counted 989,318 residents in Lilongwe City and 1,637,583 in the surrounding Lilongwe District. Adding or confusing those units substantially changes the capital population figure.
Time-zone identity for Lilongwe
- IANA zone
Africa/Blantyre- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+2
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Lilongwe is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Lilongwe
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Wednesday, 29 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Lilongwe
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Blantyre, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Lilongwe, capital of Malawi
Lilongwe is the capital of Malawi. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Malawi
- Administrative area
- Central Region, Malawi
- Population
- 1,115,815
- Coordinates
- 13.9669° S, 33.7873° E. The elevation is 1,056 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Lilongwe
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Lilongwe. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- MponelaCentral Region, Malawi49 km north
Africa/BlantyreSame local time - DedzaCentral Region, Malawi75 km southeast
Africa/BlantyreSame local time - SalimaCentral Region, Malawi75 km east
Africa/BlantyreSame local time - MchinjiCentral Region, Malawi100 km west
Africa/BlantyreSame local time - KasunguCentral Region, Malawi109 km north
Africa/BlantyreSame local time - NkhotakotaCentral Region, Malawi128 km northeast
Africa/BlantyreSame local time
Sources for Lilongwe time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- 2018 Malawi Population and Housing Census Main ReportNational Statistical Office of Malawi · 2018 census · AccessedOfficial city and district population tables.