Time now in Cape Town, Western Cape , South Africa
UTC+02:00 • Africa/Johannesburg (SAST)
Your device clock is 622ms ahead of the detected local time (Africa/Johannesburg, UTC+02:00). Time reference obtained from NIST NTP servers with an accuracy of ±0.021 seconds.
16:02:19
Your time zone is America/New_York, and is 6 hours behind UTC+02:00.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, week 39
Time in Cape Town
in Cape Town, the time zone is Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00). The current local time shown above is synchronized with official atomic time sources.
Daylight saving time is not currently in effect in Cape Town.
Cape Town: 6 hour(s) ahead of the time in Columbus, Ohio, United States
Frequently asked questions
- What time is it in Cape Town right now?
- The current time in Cape Town is shown by the clock at the top of this page, synchronized with official atomic time sources (NIST).
- What time zone is Cape Town in?
- Cape Town uses the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, currently UTC+02:00.
- Does Cape Town observe daylight saving time?
- Not at the moment. The current offset in Cape Town is UTC+02:00.
- What is the population of Cape Town?
- Cape Town has an estimated population of 4,772,846.
Time difference from Cape Town
- Los Angeles -9 hours
- Chicago -7 hours
- Toronto -6 hours
- São Paulo -5 hours
- Lagos -1 hour
- London -1 hour
- Johannesburg 0
- Paris 0
- Zürich 0
- Cairo +1 hour
- Istanbul +1 hour
- Moscow +1 hour
- Dubai +2 hours
- Mumbai +3.5 hours
- Beijing +6 hours
- Singapore +6 hours
- Seoul +7 hours
- Tokyo +7 hours
- Sydney +8 hours
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City details
Country
South Africa
State
Western Cape
Lat/Long
-33.9258, 18.4232
Time Zone
Africa/Johannesburg (
UTC+02:00
)
Country Code
ZA
Population
4,772,846
Sunrise
6:32 AM
Sunset
6:44 PM
Day length
12 hours 11 minutes