Kuala Lumpur is located in Malaysia and uses the Asia/Kuala_Lumpur timezone, currently GMT+8 from UTC. Kuala Lumpur does not observe daylight saving time. Sunrise is at 06:46 and sunset at 19:36 local time. The coordinates of Kuala Lumpur are 3.14°N, 101.69°E.

Today Kuala Lumpur gets 12 hours 50 minutes of daylight. Solar noon — when the sun is highest — falls at 13:11, about 71 minutes after clock noon.

Right now Kuala Lumpur shares its GMT+8 offset with Irkutsk, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu. Clocks in these places read the same, even where the calendar date differs.

Frequently asked questions

What time zone is Kuala Lumpur in?›

Kuala Lumpur is in the Asia/Kuala_Lumpur timezone, currently GMT+8 from UTC.

Does Kuala Lumpur observe daylight saving time?›

No. Kuala Lumpur does not observe daylight saving time. The UTC offset is always GMT+8.

What is the UTC offset for Kuala Lumpur?›

Kuala Lumpur is currently GMT+8 from UTC (GMT+8).

Times on this page were calculated on 11 September 2026.