Current time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The current local time in Kuala Lumpur is shown below. Kuala Lumpur observes MYT.
Daylight saving time
Kuala Lumpur does not observe daylight saving time. The local offset is fixed year-round.
Sunrise & sunset today
Timezone facts
- Timezone
- Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
- Standard abbreviation
- MYT
- Observes daylight saving
- No
- Country
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- Business hours
- 09:00 – 17:00 local
Kuala Lumpur in context
Kuala Lumpur sits at the confluence of the Klang and Gombak rivers in west-central Peninsular Malaysia, the capital and largest Malaysian city with around 1.8 million residents in the municipality and a wider Klang Valley metropolitan area of around 8.4 million. The Petronas Twin Towers and KL Tower dominate the central business district skyline, with extensive low-rise residential districts and the federal administrative capital of Putrajaya to the south.
Timezone history of Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur uses Malaysia Standard Time at UTC+8, the same offset as Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Perth. Malaysia and Singapore aligned their clocks at +8 in 1982 (Singapore moved forward 30 minutes from its previous +7:30, while Peninsular Malaysia was already at +7:30 and joined Singapore). East Malaysia on Borneo had used +8 since 1933 and provided the rationale for the alignment of the peninsular states.
Working hours in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur's working day runs 09:00 to 18:00 with a one-hour lunch break, with the Friday prayer between 12:30 and 14:30 producing extended midday breaks for Muslim staff (who form a majority of the population). The country's multicultural composition produces a rich public holiday calendar including Chinese New Year, Hari Raya Puasa, Hari Raya Haji, Deepavali, and Christmas, all observed nationally regardless of staff religious affiliation.