Malawi
Time now in Balaka
Sunrise 05:53Sunset 05:33Time zone UTC +2
Time zone
Africa/Blantyre
UTC offset
UTC +2
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
40,950
Sunrise
05:53
Sunset
05:33
Day length
11h 41m
Coordinates
-14.98, 34.96
Time difference from Balaka
Hours ahead (right) or behind (left) Balaka right now.
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About the time in Balaka
The zone identifier Africa/Blantyre is the value you want in code, calendars and travel systems. Abbreviations change with the season, but Africa/Blantyre keeps pointing at Blantyre time whatever the date, which is why every timestamp on this page is built from it.
Sunrise today lands at 05:53 and sunset at 05:33 local time, giving 11h 41m of daylight. Those figures come from the city's own coordinates (-14.98, 34.96) rather than a country-wide average, so they match what you would actually see from a window in Balaka.
Balaka runs on Africa/Blantyre, which puts the city UTC +2 from Coordinated Universal Time right now. The clock at the top of this page is not copied from your device: it is anchored to our reference timestamp and re-rendered every second against the IANA time zone database, so it stays right even when a laptop or phone has quietly drifted.
Frequently asked questions about time in Balaka
- When do the sun rise and set in Balaka today?
- Sunrise is at 05:53 and sunset at 05:33, giving 11h 41m of daylight.
- What time is it in Balaka right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Balaka, updating every second from Africa/Blantyre (UTC +2).
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Africa/Blantyre, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- Which time zone is Balaka in?
- Balaka uses Africa/Blantyre, currently UTC +2.
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