Nkhata Bay in numbers
- Coordinates
- -11.6066, 34.2907
- Population
- 16 099
- Region
- Northern Region
- Country
- Malawi, Africa
- Capital
- Lilongwe — 268 km away
What time is it in Nkhata Bay, Northern Region, Malawi
This page shows the time as it is now in Nkhata Bay, Northern Region, Malawi, in the Africa/Blantyre time zone (+2).
Nkhata Bay, Malawi
Tuesday, 27 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
Local time in Nkhata Bay
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Nkhata Bay, Northern Region.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:14 AM Solar noon 11:28 AM Sunset 5:42 PM Daylight 12 h 28 min Night 11 h 32 min Civil twilight 4:52 AM – 6:04 PM
Weather in Nkhata Bay right now
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Nkhata Bay and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 106107 Mankhambira — 12.7 km away
- 106105 Timbiri — 12.9 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 Northern Region
Same time zone — Africa/Blantyre
Nearby places
Nkhata Bay: clock, sun and surroundings
A total of 2 postal codes belong to Nkhata Bay.
Nkhata Bay uses the Africa/Blantyre time zone with a UTC+2 offset. Whether daylight saving time is used: No.
Daylight arrives in Nkhata Bay at 5:14 AM and departs at 5:42 PM. It lasts 12 h 28 min today.
Nkhata Bay, Yadinga and Ngorozera all run on one and the same time.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Nkhata Bay in for local time?
- For local time, Nkhata Bay is in Africa/Blantyre, with an offset of +2.
- Is summer time in effect in Nkhata Bay at some point in the year?
- Daylight saving observed in Nkhata Bay: No.
- Please give the sunrise time for Nkhata Bay.
- The sun rises at 5:14 AM.