Kuala LumpurMalaysia
Current time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Friday, 25 September 2026
Malaysia TimeUTC+08:00
⛶ Full-screen clockKuala Lumpur time at a glance
- Country
- Malaysia
- Location
- Capital city of Malaysia
- Time zone
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur- UTC offset now
UTC+08:00- Current zone label
- GMT+8
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Kuala Lumpur time guide
Does Kuala Lumpur change its clocks?
UTC+08:00.- Year-round offset
- Malaysia Time (MYT), UTC+08:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- Kuala Lumpur and London
- 8 hours ahead during GMT; 7 hours ahead during BST
- Kuala Lumpur and New York
- 13 hours ahead during EST; 12 hours ahead during EDT
Federal territory and metro region
Greater Kuala Lumpur crosses the city boundary
Malaysia's 2020 census counted 1,982,112 people in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. Greater Kuala Lumpur or Klang Valley figures include surrounding Selangor local authorities and represent a broader metropolitan area.
Time-zone identity for Kuala Lumpur
- IANA zone
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur- UTC offset now
- UTC+08:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+8
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Kuala Lumpur is currently 8 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Kuala Lumpur
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Kuala Lumpur
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Kuala_Lumpur, 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 Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Malaysia
- Administrative area
- Malaysia
- Population
- 1,453,975
- Coordinates
- 3.1412° N, 101.6865° E. The elevation is 56 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Kuala Lumpur
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Kuala Lumpur. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- BangsarKuala Lumpur, Malaysia2.2 km southwest
Asia/Kuala_LumpurSame local time - Bukit BintangKuala Lumpur, Malaysia2.7 km east
Asia/Kuala_LumpurSame local time - SeputehKuala Lumpur, Malaysia2.8 km south
Asia/Kuala_LumpurSame local time - Taman DesaKuala Lumpur, Malaysia3.9 km south
Asia/Kuala_LumpurSame local time - Bukit KerinchiKuala Lumpur, Malaysia4.4 km southwest
Asia/Kuala_LumpurSame local time - TitiwangsaKuala Lumpur, Malaysia4.5 km northeast
Asia/Kuala_LumpurSame local time
Sources for Kuala Lumpur time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
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- 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.
- Key Findings: Population and Housing Census Malaysia 2020 - Kuala LumpurDepartment of Statistics Malaysia · 2020 census · AccessedOfficial federal-territory population and density results.