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Time in Cape Town, South Africa now

19:44:22

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

Norwegian Constitution Day / International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Sun: ↑ 07:33 ↓ 17:52 (10h 19m) - More info - Make Cape Town time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Cape Town

UTC +2

South Africa Standard Time (SAST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

Cape Town has not had daylight saving time since 1944.
The IANA time zone identifier for Cape Town is Africa/Johannesburg.

Time difference
from Cape Town

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Johannesburg	0
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Cape Town

Sunrise: 07:33
Sunset: 17:52
Day length: 10h 19m
Solar noon: 12:43
The current local time in Cape Town is 43 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Cape Town on the map

Location: South Africa
Latitude: -33.93. Longitude: 18.42
Population: 4,773,000

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