Time in Tawau, Malaysia

Time zone: +08 (UTC/GMT +08:00) — Asia/Kuching

Tawau runs on +08. That places it 8 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+08:00); in a calendar, server config or booking form, select Asia/Kuching.

There is no daylight saving in Tawau. UTC+08:00 applies all year, so the offset never moves on this side — only the other party's clock changes.

Malaysia is not on a single clock: the 39 cities listed here fall across 2 time zones, so times elsewhere in the country will not match Tawau.

Population: about 372,615 — 17th largest of the 38 Malaysia cities indexed here.

Live differences from Tawau, calculated from each zone's rules as they stand today rather than a fixed table.

Overlap of a normal working day, shown in Tawau time — outside these windows one side is off the clock.

No shared working window exists with New York, Los Angeles or Sao Paulo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.

No difference at all from Tawau: the cities below share the Asia/Kuching zone.

Kota Kinabalu Sandakan Kuching Miri Sibu Bintulu Lahad Datu