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Time in South Africa now

19:22:32

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

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Time zone info for South Africa

UTC +2

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

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

Time difference
from South Africa

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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South Africa on the map

Continent: Africa
Area: 1,219,912 km²
Capital: Pretoria
Currency: Rand (ZAR)
Calling code: +27
Internet top level domain: .za
Latitude: -29.00. Longitude: 24.00
Population: 57,780,000

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Annual average temperatures
for South Africa 1901-2021

Each of the stripes represents one year.
Graphics by Ed Hawkins, using data from Berkeley Earth.
See showyourstripes.info.