Chinkala in numbers
- Coordinates
- -13.3833, 33.7667
- Region
- Central Region
- Country
- Malawi, Africa
- Capital
- Lilongwe — 65 km away
What time is it in Chinkala, Central Region, Malawi
This page shows local time in Chinkala, Central Region, Malawi as of this moment, in the Africa/Blantyre zone (+2).
Chinkala, Malawi
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
Local time in Chinkala
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Chinkala.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:11 AM Solar noon 11:30 AM Sunset 5:49 PM Daylight 12 h 38 min Night 11 h 22 min Civil twilight 4:48 AM – 6:11 PM
Weather in Chinkala right now
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Chinkala and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 201308 Chitete — 8.1 km away
- 210109 Mpando — 10.6 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Central Region
Same time zone — Africa/Blantyre
Nearby places
- Mponela — 16.8 km
- Kapokola — 17.6 km
- M’phimbi — 19.2 km
- Kaseleka — 19.5 km
- Nyamkhwa — 19.8 km
- Kaphamtengo — 19.9 km
About the time in Chinkala
There are 2 postal codes assigned to Chinkala.
Local time in Chinkala is governed by Africa/Blantyre at UTC+2. Daylight saving observed: No.
The sun is up at 5:11 AM in Chinkala and down again at 5:49 PM. Between those times there are 12 h 38 min of daylight.
In Mponela and Kapokola the clock agrees with Chinkala.
Questions and answers
- Should Africa/Blantyre be used as the time zone for Chinkala?
- Yes, Chinkala uses Africa/Blantyre, whose offset is +2.
- Does Chinkala stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Chinkala: No.
- What time does the day start in Chinkala?
- The sun rises at 5:11 AM.