Dowa in numbers
- Coordinates
- -13.6540, 33.9375
- Population
- 8 047
- 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 shows local time in Dowa, Central Region, Malawi as of this moment, in the Africa/Blantyre zone (+2).
Dowa, Malawi
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
Local time in Dowa
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Dowa keeps Africa/Blantyre clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:17 AM Solar noon 11:30 AM Sunset 5:43 PM Daylight 12 h 26 min Night 11 h 34 min Civil twilight 4:55 AM – 6:05 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 — 13.6 km away
- 204105 Mponela Township — 13.6 km away
- 204108 Lumbadzi Township — 13.6 km away
- 204107 Mkukula — 16.4 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 Tibet, China
- Dowa Tibet, China
- Dowa South Sulawesi, Indonesia
- Dowa Himachal Pradesh, India
- Dowa Taraba State, Nigeria
Same time zone — Africa/Blantyre
Nearby places
About the time in Dowa
Across Dowa, 5 postal codes are recorded.
The zone that governs Dowa is Africa/Blantyre at UTC+2. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
Today in Dowa the sun appears at 5:17 AM and sets again at 5:43 PM. Daylight holds for 12 h 26 min.
Dowa and its neighbours Mseche and Eliko keep one clock.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for Dowa?
- Use Africa/Blantyre for Dowa; its offset is +2.
- Is daylight saving time in force in Dowa?
- Daylight saving in Dowa: No.
- Which time marks sunrise in Dowa?
- 5:17 AM marks sunrise.