Mapata in numbers
- Coordinates
- -14.8833, 35.7333
- Region
- Southern Region
- Country
- Malawi, Africa
- Capital
- Lilongwe — 233 km away
- Same name
- 6 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Mapata, Southern Region, Malawi
The present local time in Mapata, Southern Region, Malawi is given below, for the Africa/Blantyre time zone (+2).
Mapata, Malawi
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Blantyre
Local time in Mapata
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Mapata, Southern Region.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:08 AM Solar noon 11:23 AM Sunset 5:38 PM Daylight 12 h 30 min Night 11 h 30 min Civil twilight 4:46 AM – 6:00 PM
Weather in Mapata right now
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Mapata and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 301100 Lulanga — 12.4 km away
- 303105 Chikweo — 14.9 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 Southern Region
Other places named Mapata
- Mapata Rangpur Division, Bangladesh
- Mapata North Kivu, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
- Mapata North Kivu, Democratic Republic Of The Congo
- Mapata Southern Region, Malawi
- Mapata Southern Region, Malawi
Same time zone — Africa/Blantyre
Nearby places
Local time details for Mapata
Mapata is split into 2 postal code areas.
Mapata runs on Africa/Blantyre, which sits UTC+2 relative to Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving in effect: No.
Today's sunrise at Mapata falls at 5:08 AM; sunset follows at 5:38 PM. Between them lie 12 h 30 min of daylight.
Both Mwenye and Maniya are near Mapata and keep its time.
Questions and answers
- Does Mapata use the Africa/Blantyre time zone?
- Yes, Mapata uses Africa/Blantyre, with an offset of +2.
- Is the local clock in Mapata affected by daylight saving time?
- No.
- What time is sunrise in Mapata?
- It is 5:08 AM.