Current Time in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 🇲🇾
Lat/Long: 5.97° N, 116.07° E
State: Sabah
Country: 🇲🇾 Malaysia
IANA Timezone: Asia/Kuching
Timezone: GMT+8
Daylight Saving Time: No ❌
Time now in other cities in Malaysia:
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Sunrise & Sunset Times for Kota Kinabalu
Sunrise
in Kota Kinabalu
↑
6:05 AM
Sunset
in Kota Kinabalu
↓
6:32 PM
Day Length
12h 27m
Dawn
in Kota Kinabalu
5:41 AM
Dusk
in Kota Kinabalu
6:55 PM
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Moon Phases & Times for Kota Kinabalu
Current Phase
Waxing Gibbous
Illumination
97.2%
Next Moonrise
↑
Today, 17:14
Next Moonset
↓
Tomorrow, 05:10
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FAQ — Time in Kota Kinabalu
Common questions about this page — answers customized for the data shown above.
It is currently 15:13:38 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The clock at the top of this page updates live, second by second, synchronized with our server time. You can also check sunrise and sunset times for the same city.
Kota Kinabalu uses Asia/Kuching (+08) — UTC+08:00. The IANA time zone identifier is Asia/Kuching, the standard reference used by operating systems and time databases worldwide.
No, Kota Kinabalu does not observe Daylight Saving Time. The local time stays at Asia/Kuching (+08) — UTC+08:00 year-round.
Kota Kinabalu is currently +08:00 relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). UTC is the global time standard from which all other time zones are offset. To see the matching Unix timestamp or run add/subtract calculations against Kota Kinabalu's local time, use our time calculator.
Malaysia has chosen not to observe Daylight Saving Time. Many countries near the equator have little reason to shift clocks because daylight hours stay relatively constant year-round; others have abolished DST for policy reasons.