Blantyre in numbers
- Coordinates
- -15.7850, 35.0085
- Population
- 902 588
- Region
- Southern Region
- Country
- Malawi, Africa
- Capital
- Lilongwe — 241 km away
- Same name
- 4 more places in the world share this name
Use this page to see the local time in Blantyre, in Malawi’s Southern Region, and to review sunrise, sunset, daylight, and weather information for the city.
Blantyre, Malawi
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
Local time in Blantyre
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Sunrise 5:08 AM Solar noon 11:25 AM Sunset 5:42 PM Daylight 12 h 34 min Night 11 h 26 min Civil twilight 4:46 AM – 6:04 PM
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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.
The city clock is the direct answer when you need to know the time in Blantyre. It supports everyday decisions such as whether to place a call now, when to begin a journey, or how to write the local portion of a shared schedule.
If your own clock belongs to another location, compare both places before making contact. Include Blantyre’s calendar date whenever an arrangement is close to midnight. Clear labels are more dependable than phrases such as “later today,” whose meaning changes with the reader’s location.
Use the Blantyre reading as the event’s reference time. Add your own local equivalent separately. Include the date in travel and meeting notes. Verify a conversion before sending the final invitation.
The shortest route to a missed call is to agree enthusiastically on “nine” and omit everything else.
Blantyre’s sunrise and sunset values help define the portion of the day when the sun is above the horizon. They can guide an early walk, an outdoor job, a photograph, or a road trip for which available light is important.
The values belong to a stated date and move over the course of the year. When planning for another week or season, consult that future day rather than copying the current display. Daylight duration is useful for comparing dates because it shows the interval between the two solar events.
Neither event describes all visible light. Dawn precedes sunrise and dusk follows sunset. Hills, structures, vegetation, cloud, and mist may change when direct sunlight reaches a particular spot, even though the city’s calculated sunrise and sunset remain the standard reference.
Weather should be read as time-specific information. A current condition tells you what was recently observed, whereas an hourly or daily forecast concerns a later period. Always match the forecast interval with the time of the activity you are considering.
Look beyond a single temperature value. Wind affects exposed places, cloud determines how much direct sun reaches the ground, precipitation changes outdoor comfort, and visibility can matter on the road. Conditions may differ within and around the city, especially where elevation and local surroundings vary.
Choose the intended local hour. See whether natural light will be available. Review all relevant weather fields. Make a final check shortly before departure.