What time is it in Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia
This page shows local time in Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia as of this moment, in the Asia/Kuching zone (+8).
Tawau, Malaysia
Saturday, 24 October 2026
UTC+8 · Asia/Kuching
Local time in Tawau
UTC+8 · no daylight saving time
Tawau keeps Asia/Kuching clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:54 AM Solar noon 11:54 AM Sunset 5:54 PM Daylight 12 h 00 min Night 12 h 00 min Civil twilight 5:33 AM – 6:15 PM
Weather in Tawau right now
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Tawau and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 91000
- 91007
- 91008
- 91009
- 91010
- 91011
- 91012
- 91013
- 91014
- 91015
- 91016
- 91017
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 Sabah
- Kota Kinabalu 500 421
- Sandakan 439 050
- Tawau 372 615
- Lahad Datu 105 622
- Putatan 78 340
- Donggongon 78 086
Other places named Tawau
Nearby places
- Tawau — 0.0 km
- Kampong Nipan — 0.3 km
- Kampong Pertama — 0.5 km
- Kampong Burns — 0.8 km
- Kampong Tawar — 0.8 km
- Kampong Bombalai Jambatan — 1.8 km
About the time in Tawau
The sky over Tawau lightens at 5:54 AM and the sun sets at 5:54 PM. Daylight runs for 12 h 00 min today.
The time in Tawau is also the time in nearby Tawau and Kampong Nipan.
12 postal codes cover the territory of Tawau.
Time in Tawau runs on Asia/Kuching, which is UTC+8. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Tawau listed?
- The time zone in Tawau is listed as Asia/Kuching, with an offset of +8.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Tawau?
- Daylight saving time in Tawau: No.
- What time is sunrise in Tawau?
- It is 5:54 AM.