Balaka in numbers
- Coordinates
- -14.9793, 34.9557
- Population
- 40 950
- Region
- Southern Region
- Country
- Malawi, Africa
- Capital
- Lilongwe — 169 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Balaka, Southern Region, Malawi
Below is the local time in Balaka, Southern Region, Malawi, kept in the Africa/Blantyre zone (+2).
Balaka, Malawi
Friday, 23 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
Local time in Balaka
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Balaka keeps Africa/Blantyre clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:10 AM Solar noon 11:26 AM Sunset 5:41 PM Daylight 12 h 32 min Night 11 h 28 min Civil twilight 4:48 AM – 6:03 PM
Weather in Balaka right now
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Balaka and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 302100
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 Southern Region
Other places named Balaka
- Balaka Kwilu, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
- Balaka Kwilu, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
- Balaka Karnataka, India
- Balaka Karnataka, India
- Balaka Bomi County, Liberia
Same time zone — Africa/Blantyre
Nearby places
Time and daylight in Balaka
Locations in Balaka are covered by 1 postal code.
Balaka observes Africa/Blantyre time, currently expressed as UTC+2. Daylight saving time here: No.
Sunrise falls at 5:10 AM today in Balaka, with the sun setting at 5:41 PM. That leaves 12 h 32 min of light.
The time given for Balaka holds for nearby Kalowe and Sosola too.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is used in Balaka?
- The time zone used in Balaka is Africa/Blantyre, with an offset of +2.
- Should I expect a daylight saving change in Balaka?
- No.
- What time is first light in Balaka?
- The sun rises at 5:10 AM.