Dowa in numbers
- Coordinates
- -13.6534, 33.9386
- Region
- Central Region
- Country
- Malawi, Africa
- Capital
- Lilongwe — 38 km away
- Same name
- 8 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Dowa, Central Region, Malawi
This page tells you the time right now in Dowa, Central Region, Malawi, in the Africa/Blantyre zone (+2).
Dowa, Malawi
Monday, 7 September 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
Local time in Dowa
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Dowa keeps Africa/Blantyre time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:46 AM Solar noon 11:44 AM Sunset 5:41 PM Daylight 11 h 55 min Night 12 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:25 AM – 6:03 PM
Weather in Dowa right now
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Dowa and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 204106 Msakambewa — 13.3 km away
- 204100 Dowa BOMA — 13.7 km away
- 204105 Mponela Township — 13.7 km away
- 204108 Lumbadzi Township — 13.7 km away
- 204107 Mkukula — 16.5 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
Other places named Dowa
- Dowa Central Region, Malawi
- Dowa Tibet, China
- Dowa Tibet, China
- Dowa South Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Dowa Taraba State, Nigeria
Same time zone — Africa/Blantyre
Nearby places
Time and daylight in Dowa
Dowa falls within Africa/Blantyre, which places it UTC+2 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
The horizon brightens over Dowa at 5:46 AM, and the sun sets at 5:41 PM. Daylight runs 11 h 55 min.
Both Dowa and Ntchisi are near Dowa and keep its time.
Dowa takes in 5 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is assigned to Dowa?
- Dowa is assigned to the Africa/Blantyre time zone, with an offset of +2.
- Is there a seasonal clock change in Dowa?
- No.
- What is the sunrise time for Dowa?
- 5:46 AM.