Current time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia Time
UTC+08:00- Time zone
- Malaysia Time · Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- UTC offset now
- UTC+08:00
- Abbreviation
- MYT
- Daylight saving
- Not observed: UTC+8 all year.
No clock changes are scheduled.
- Difference from you
- —
- Location
- Malaysia (capital) · 3.14° N, 101.69° E
- Population
- 1,453,975
Sun and clock
On average the sun stands highest over Kuala Lumpur at about 13:13 standard time: the clock runs about 1 h 13 min ahead of the sun, a sign that the time zone is set far from local solar time. Over the year, solar noon falls between 12:57 and 13:27 on the local clock.
| 2026 | Sunrise | Sunset | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox (Mar 20) | 07:17 | 19:24 | 12h 06m |
| June solstice (Jun 21) | 07:05 | 19:24 | 12h 18m |
| September equinox (Sep 23) | 07:02 | 19:08 | 12h 06m |
| December solstice (Dec 22) | 07:13 | 19:09 | 11h 57m |
Sunrise–sunset today: 07:00–19:06 (12 h 5 min of daylight)
Times are local clock times for the city centre, computed with the NOAA solar equations; hills and refraction can shift them by a few minutes.