Time in Kuala Lumpur
The current offset in Kuala Lumpur is UTC+8, on the Asia/Kuala_Lumpur zone. Its clocks never change, so that offset holds all year.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Zone facts
- IANA zone
- Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- Abbreviation
- —
- Standard offset
- UTC+8
- Daylight offset
- —
- Country
- Malaysia (MY)
- Coordinates
- 3.14, 101.69
Daylight saving time
This city does not observe daylight saving time. Its offset from UTC is the same on every day of the year.
Sunrise and sunset
Computed from the city’s latitude and longitude with the NOAA solar position algorithm — no API, no network call.
- Sunrise
- 07:10
- Sunset
- 19:22
- Daylight
- 12 hours 12 minutes
Against the major hubs
Common questions
- What time zone is Kuala Lumpur in?
- Kuala Lumpur uses the Asia/Kuala_Lumpur time zone, currently UTC+8. Use the IANA identifier rather than the abbreviation in code — abbreviations are ambiguous, and this one may mean something else somewhere else.
- Does Kuala Lumpur observe daylight saving time?
- No. Kuala Lumpur keeps UTC+8 all year round, so its offset from UTC never changes.
- What is the difference between Kuala Lumpur and UTC?
- UTC+8 as of the last rebuild. That figure is constant, because the city does not change its clocks.
- When does the sun rise and set in Kuala Lumpur?
- On the day of the last rebuild, sunrise was 07:10 and sunset 19:22 local time, giving 12 hours 12 minutes of daylight. These are computed from the city’s latitude and longitude, not fetched from anywhere.