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What time is it in South Africa?
19:45:42
Friday 13 November 2026
- Time zone UTC+02:00
- No daylight saving time
Daylight saving time in South Africa
No daylight saving time: the same time all year round.
Day and night around the world
- South Africa
- sun overhead
- twilight
- night
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Good to know about the time in South Africa
South Africa uses South African Standard Time, UTC+2 all year round, and has not had daylight saving time since the Second World War. Lesotho and Eswatini, which lie within the country, have the same time. Time in Johannesburg
The country spans more than fifteen degrees of longitude: the sun is at its highest around 12:46 in Cape Town, but around 11:56 in Durban (mean solar noon, in January). Summer evenings in Cape Town are therefore long: the sun sets around 19:56 in December and 20:00 in mid-January.
Time in the cities of South Africa
- Johannesburg
- Cape Town
- Durban
- Pretoria
- Soweto
- Gqeberha
- Soshanguve
- Pietermaritzburg
- Evaton
- Benoni
- Bloemfontein
- Thembisa
- East London
- Vereeniging
- Boksburg
- Welkom
- Newcastle
- Krugersdorp
- Rustenburg
- Emalahleni
- Randburg
- Roodepoort
- Botshabelo
- Brakpan
Other places: Uitenhage, Polokwane, Germinston, Richards Bay, Vanderbijlpark, Paarl, Centurion, Klerksdorp, Somerset West, Mdantsane, Middelburg, George, Carletonville, Potchefstroom, Mthatha, KwaDukuza, Westonaria, Etwatwa, Vryheid, Pinetown, Ladysmith, eMbalenhle, Kimberley, Nigel, Epumalanga, Bisho, Sasolburg, Randfontein, Worcester, Ntuzuma, Virginia, Brits, Alberton, Queenstown, Kroonstad, Somaroboro, Hammanskraal, Mabopane, Mbombela, Orkney. Their pages are in French in the city directory.