Chigwata in numbers
- Coordinates
- -16.0167, 34.5000
- Region
- Southern Region
- Country
- Malawi, Africa
- Capital
- Lilongwe — 240 km away
What time is it in Chigwata, Southern Region, Malawi
Local time in Chigwata, Southern Region, Malawi is shown on this page, based on the Africa/Blantyre time zone (+2).
Chigwata, Malawi
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
Local time in Chigwata
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Chigwata, Southern Region.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:05 AM Solar noon 11:27 AM Sunset 5:48 PM Daylight 12 h 42 min Night 11 h 18 min Civil twilight 4:43 AM – 6:10 PM
Weather in Chigwata right now
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Chigwata and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 315107 Lundu — 6.6 km away
- 310102 Thomas — 9.1 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 Southern Region
Same time zone — Africa/Blantyre
Nearby places
Local time details for Chigwata
The area of Chigwata is divided into 2 postal codes.
Chigwata tells time by Africa/Blantyre, an offset of UTC+2. Clock shift for daylight saving: No.
Chigwata gets its sunrise at 5:05 AM and its sunset at 5:48 PM today. Daylight lasts a full 12 h 42 min.
Nearby settlements including Mbonda and Mikolongo match the time in Chigwata.
Questions and answers
- Where does Chigwata fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Chigwata falls within Africa/Blantyre, with an offset of +2.
- Does Chigwata run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Chigwata: No.
- When does the sun disappear in Chigwata?
- It disappears at 5:48 PM.