Malawi operates on Central Africa Time (CAT), which is 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+2). The country does not observe daylight saving time, so the offset remains constant throughout the year.
All of Malawi follows the same timezone. Major cities including Lilongwe, Blantyre, Mzuzu, and Zomba all observe CAT. Lilongwe is the capital city, while Blantyre is the largest city and main commercial center.
Malawi is known as "The Warm Heart of Africa" due to the friendliness of its people. Lake Malawi, one of the African Great Lakes, covers about one-fifth of the country's total area and contains more fish species than any other lake in the world, with over 1,000 species of cichlid fish found nowhere else on Earth.