Malaysia
Time now in Kota Bharu
Sunrise 07:05Sunset 07:23Time zone UTC +8
Time zone
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
UTC offset
UTC +8
Daylight saving
Not in effect
Population
568,900
Sunrise
07:05
Sunset
07:23
Day length
12h 18m
Coordinates
6.12, 102.24
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About the time in Kota Bharu
Kota Bharu runs on Asia/Kuala_Lumpur, which puts the city UTC +8 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.
If you are coordinating from another country, the shortcut is the working window: a normal Kota Bharu day of 09:00–17:00 falls between 01:00–09:00 UTC. Convert your own hours into UTC once and you can tell at a glance whether someone there is likely to be at their desk.
Around 568,900 people live in Kota Bharu, and all of them keep the same civil time, so the reading above applies to the whole urban area — not just the city centre.
Frequently asked questions about time in Kota Bharu
- Is the clock on this page accurate?
- It is synchronised with our server rather than your device, then formatted for Asia/Kuala_Lumpur, so a drifting device clock does not affect what you see.
- How far ahead or behind UTC is Kota Bharu?
- Kota Bharu is UTC +8 at this moment; the offset is read live, so it already accounts for daylight saving.
- Which time zone is Kota Bharu in?
- Kota Bharu uses Asia/Kuala_Lumpur, currently UTC +8.
- What time is it in Kota Bharu right now?
- The live clock above shows the current time in Kota Bharu, updating every second from Asia/Kuala_Lumpur (UTC +8).
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