Mbale in numbers
- Coordinates
- -12.7364, 33.6727
- Region
- Central Region
- Country
- Malawi, Africa
- Capital
- Lilongwe — 137 km away
- Same name
- 15 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Mbale, Central Region, Malawi
Find out what time it is now in Mbale, Central Region, Malawi — the local clock runs on Africa/Blantyre (+2).
Mbale, Malawi
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
Local time in Mbale
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Mbale keeps Africa/Blantyre clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:14 AM Solar noon 11:30 AM Sunset 5:46 PM Daylight 12 h 32 min Night 11 h 28 min Civil twilight 4:52 AM – 6:08 PM
Weather in Mbale right now
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Mbale and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 201106 Simlemba — 0.9 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 Mbale
- Mbale Eastern Region, Uganda
- Mbale Vihiga County, Kenya
- Mbale Bas-Uele, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
- Mbale Mai-Ndombe, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
- Mbale Western Region, Uganda
Same time zone — Africa/Blantyre
Nearby places
- Jonasi — 15.2 km
- Lupafya — 16.4 km
- Mambi — 16.5 km
- Cimdidi — 16.8 km
- Chimkoka — 18.3 km
- Cimbayo — 18.4 km
Mbale: clock, sun and surroundings
Both Jonasi and Lupafya are near Mbale and keep its time.
The area of Mbale is divided into 1 postal code.
Mbale follows Africa/Blantyre, giving it a UTC+2 offset. Does the zone observe daylight saving? No.
The horizon brightens over Mbale at 5:14 AM, and the sun sets at 5:46 PM. Daylight runs 12 h 32 min.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is used by Mbale?
- Mbale uses the Africa/Blantyre time zone, which has an offset of +2.
- Is daylight saving time used in Mbale?
- No.
- Please give the sunset time for Mbale.
- The sun sets at 5:46 PM.