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What time is it in Cape Town?
19:26:53
Friday 13 November 2026
- Cape Town, South Africa
- Time zone UTC+02:00
- No daylight saving time
- Sunrise 05:35 · sunset 19:25
Time difference with Cape Town
Cape Town is on UTC+02:00 right now: 2 hours ahead of UTC all year round.
| City | Time | Compared with Cape Town |
|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 17:26 | 2 hours behind |
| New York United States | 12:26 | 7 hours behind |
| Los Angeles United States | 09:26 | 10 hours behind |
| Paris France | 18:26 | 1 hour behind |
| Berlin Germany | 18:26 | 1 hour behind |
| Dubai United Arab Emirates | 21:26 | 2 hours ahead |
| New Delhi India | 22:56 | 3 h 30 min ahead |
| Singapore Singapore | 01:26 | 6 hours ahead |
| Hong Kong Hong Kong | 01:26 | 6 hours ahead |
| Tokyo Japan | 02:26 | 7 hours ahead |
| Sydney Australia | 04:26 | 9 hours ahead |
| São Paulo Brazil | 14:26 | 5 hours behind |
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Daylight saving time in Cape Town
Cape Town does not change its clocks: UTC+02:00 all year round.
History of local time in Cape Town
| Period | Legal time |
|---|---|
| since 19 March 1944 | UTC+2 all year round |
Official time zone (IANA database): Africa/Johannesburg. Daylight saving time around the world
Upcoming eclipses visible from Cape Town
Nearby places
Nearest time zone border: 1,894 km away, Ondjiva (Angola) is 1 hour behind Cape Town all year round.
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Rondebosch | 6 km |
| Retreat | 15 km |
| Muizenberg | 20 km |
| Durbanville | 23 km |
| Kuils River | 26 km |
| Kraaifontein | 28 km |
| Atlantis | 40 km |
| Somerset West | 41 km |
Day and night around the world
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Sun and Moon in Cape Town
- Sunrise
- 05:35
- Sunset
- 19:25
- Day length
- 13 h 50 min
- Tomorrow
- +1 min
Dawn 05:08, dusk 19:52, solar noon 12:30. Shortest day: 21 June 2026 (9 h 53 min); longest: 21 December 2026 (14 h 25 min).
Over the next twelve months: earliest sunrise at 05:27 (3 December 2026), latest at 07:52 (26 June 2027); earliest sunset at 17:43 (10 June 2027), latest at 20:01 (3 January 2027).
Moon tonight: waxing crescent, 18 % illuminated
Moonrise 08:18 · moonset 23:26 · next: first quarter on 17 November 2026 at 13:47 · moon calendar
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Good to know about the time in Cape Town
Cape Town is on South African Standard Time, UTC+2, all year round, with no daylight saving time: it is 1 hour ahead of Paris in January and on the same time in July.
At the far south-western tip of the country, the city lies well west of the meridian on which South African time is based: the sun reaches its highest point there at around 12:46 in January (mean solar noon). In December, it sets there at around 19:56, much later than in Johannesburg (18:59). Time in Johannesburg