Zomba: facts

At a glance

• Country: Malawi
• Region: Southern Region
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 118,440
• Coordinates: 15.3860° S, 35.3188° E
• Time zone: Africa/Blantyre (UTC+02:00)
• Currency: Kwacha (MWK)
• Distance to the capital, Lilongwe: 228 km (142 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Chileka International Airport (BLZ): 49 km (31 mi), straight line
• Tete Airport (TET, Mozambique): 197 km (122 mi), straight line
• Lichinga Airport (VXC, Mozambique): 235 km (146 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Machinga: 24 km (15 mi)
• Liwonde: 37 km (23 mi)
• Chiradzulu: 37 km (23 mi)
• Makata: 54 km (34 mi)
• Blantyre: 55 km (34 mi)