Machinga in numbers
- Coordinates
- -15.1685, 35.3000
- Population
- 1 418
- Region
- Southern Region
- Country
- Malawi, Africa
- Capital
- Lilongwe — 211 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Machinga, Southern Region, Malawi
Local time in Machinga, Southern Region, Malawi is shown on this page, based on the Africa/Blantyre time zone (+2).
Machinga, Malawi
Thursday, 22 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
Local time in Machinga
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Machinga, Southern Region.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:09 AM Solar noon 11:24 AM Sunset 5:40 PM Daylight 12 h 31 min Night 11 h 29 min Civil twilight 4:47 AM – 6:02 PM
Weather in Machinga right now
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Machinga and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 303117 Mkula — 1.3 km away
- 304102 Malemia — 13.1 km away
- 303110 Liwonde — 13.9 km away
- 311109 Machinjiri — 14.2 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
Other places named Machinga
Same time zone — Africa/Blantyre
Nearby places
Time and daylight in Machinga
Postal codes assigned across Machinga total 4.
For Machinga the applicable zone is Africa/Blantyre, running UTC+2. Daylight saving time: No.
Daylight in Machinga today runs from 5:09 AM to 5:40 PM. The stretch measures 12 h 31 min.
Places close to Machinga, among them Kasupe and Mkula, share its time.
Questions and answers
- Can Machinga's time zone be given as Africa/Blantyre?
- Yes, Machinga's time zone is Africa/Blantyre, with an offset of +2.
- Does Machinga move its clocks forward at any time?
- No.
- What is the sunset time for Machinga?
- 5:40 PM.