Current time in Kuala Lumpur
Friday, 17 July 2026
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Asia/Kuala_Lumpur · UTC+08:00
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, 22 July 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Weather now
Weather in Kuala Lumpur
Conditions near Kuala Lumpur and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Partly Cloudy
- Feels like
- 30°C
- Humidity
- 94%
- Wind
- 3.6 km/h E
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Patchy rain nearby23°C to 30°C81% chance of precipitationWind up to 6.8 km/h
- Light rain shower22°C to 28°C85% chance of precipitationWind up to 5.4 km/h
- Partly Cloudy22°C to 30°C82% chance of precipitationWind up to 7.2 km/h
Forecast valid from 07:00 local time. Updated 2026-07-16T23:16:58.971Z; refresh due by 2026-07-16T23:31:58.971Z.
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.
Sun and Moon today
Sun and Moon in Kuala Lumpur
Daily astronomical events for Friday, 17 July 2026, expressed in Asia/Kuala_Lumpur local time. Polar-day or polar-night events may be unavailable on a particular date.
Sun
- Sunrise
- 07:11
- Sunset
- 19:28
- Solar noon
- 13:19
- Civil twilight
- 06:49–19:50
Moon
- Moonrise
- 09:44
- Moonset
- 22:11
- Phase
- Waxing Crescent
- Illumination
- 10%
Capital city context
About Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur is identified in the reviewed place record as the capital of Malaysia. This page combines its live local clock with geographic, time-zone, weather and astronomical context.
- Capital status
- Capital of Malaysia
- Administrative area
- Malaysia
- Population
- 1,453,975
- Coordinates
- 3.1412° N, 101.6865° E. The elevation is 56 metres.
Country context
Malaysia at a glance
Country information for Malaysia. The listed time zones reflect cities available in this directory and may not include every territorial exception.
- Capital
- Kuala Lumpur is the listed capital.
- Country codes
- MY · MYS · 458
- Population
- 31,528,585
- Currency
- Malaysian Ringgit (MYR)
- Calling code
- +60
- Languages
- Malay (Malaysia), English, Chinese, and Tamil, and 4 more
- Time zones represented
- 2 time zones are used by cities in this directory: Asia/Kuala_Lumpur and Asia/Kuching.
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
Data and methodology
The current time is calculated for Asia/Kuala_Lumpur when the page loads. The offset history covers five years before and after today using IANA time-zone data version 2026b. Future changes are hidden when a newer published rule is not yet available to the calculator. GeoNames ID 1735161 supplies the location and coordinates; nearby distances are straight-line estimates.
Place data 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849; time calculated 2026-07-16T23:16:58.947Z; IANA time-zone data 2026b; weather retrieved 2026-07-16T23:16:58.971Z; astronomy retrieved 2026-07-16T23:16:58.968Z
View calculation details and sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · version 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · accessedPlace and country names, administrative areas, coordinates, population, capital, codes, currency, calling codes and languages.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · version 2026b · Public domain · accessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · version 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · accessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Complete Sun and Moon Data for One DayUnited States Naval Observatory · version API 4.0.1 · U.S. Government work · accessedDaily sunrise, sunset, civil twilight, solar transit, moonrise, moonset, phase and illumination.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · version Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · accessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.