Time in South Africa now
2:07PMSAST
SASTUTC+2+7 h vs New York (you)Africa/Johannesburg
No clock changes: South Africa stays on SAST (UTC+2) all year.
Time zone in South Africa
South Africa uses a single time zone: South Africa Standard Time (SAST, UTC+2) all year. Every clock in the country shows the same time.
Pretoria lies at 28.2° east, where mean solar time is UTC+1:53 (four minutes per degree of longitude). That is within 7 min of its clock time, so the sun is highest close to noon.
Daylight saving time in South Africa
No. South Africa has not used daylight saving time since 1943 (it did between 1942 and 1943, according to tzdata’s historical records), and the clocks stay on SAST (UTC+2) all year.
Clock history of South Africa
The record begins with local mean time (clocks set by the sun, UTC+1:52 in Johannesburg), which ended on February 8, 1892, when SAST (UTC+1:30) replaced it. There has been no daylight saving time since 1970; the last summer clock change in the record was in 1943 (the first was in 1942). The table summarises the clocks of South Africa year by year since 1970, from the tzdata entry Africa/Johannesburg.
| Years | Clocks | Abbreviations |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 onward | UTC+2 all year | SAST |
Rows from 2027 on follow the rules in tzdata 2026f; a government decision would change them in the next release.
Convert South Africa time
Time difference between South Africa and major cities
| City | Local time now | South Africa vs city now | January | July | Office overlap Jan / Jul |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7:07 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +7 h | +7 h | +6 h | 1 h / 2 h |
| Los Angeles | 4:07 AM Tue, Nov 3 | +10 h | +10 h | +9 h | none / none |
| London | 12:07 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +2 h | +2 h | +1 h | 6 h / 7 h |
| Berlin | 1:07 PM Tue, Nov 3 | +1 h | +1 h | 0 h | 7 h / 8 h |
| Dubai | 4:07 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −2 h | −2 h | −2 h | 6 h / 6 h |
| New Delhi | 5:37 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −3 h 30 min | −3 h 30 min | −3 h 30 min | 4 h 30 min / 4 h 30 min |
| Singapore | 8:07 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −6 h | −6 h | −6 h | 2 h / 2 h |
| Beijing | 8:07 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −6 h | −6 h | −6 h | 2 h / 2 h |
| Tokyo | 9:07 PM Tue, Nov 3 | −7 h | −7 h | −7 h | 1 h / 1 h |
Office hours and calls
With JavaScript on, this line shows how South Africa’s office hours overlap yours today.
A 9-to-5 day in South Africa overlaps New York’s for 1 h in January (4:00 PM–5:00 PM South Africa time), 2 h in July. At 9:00 AM in South Africa it is 2:00 AM in New York.
A 9-to-5 day in South Africa overlaps London’s for 6 h in January (11:00 AM–5:00 PM South Africa time), 7 h in July. At 9:00 AM in South Africa it is 7:00 AM in London.
A 9-to-5 day in South Africa overlaps New Delhi’s for 4 h 30 min in January (9:00 AM–1:30 PM South Africa time) and the same in July. At 9:00 AM in South Africa it is 12:30 PM in New Delhi.
Neighbouring time zones
The nearest large cities on a different clock, with the straight-line distance from Pretoria and the difference now.
| City | Distance | Time now | Their clock vs here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antananarivo Madagascar | 2,130 km | 3:07 PM EAT | +1 h |
| Luanda Angola | 2,460 km | 1:07 PM WAT | −1 h |
Same clock as South Africa
These places keep exactly the same time as South Africa all year under the current rules (zones Africa/Juba, Africa/Khartoum, Africa/Maputo, Africa/Tripoli, Africa/Windhoek and 1 more).
Cities in South Africa
South Africa at a glance
- CapitalPretoria
- Population64,747,319
- Time zone IDAfrica/Johannesburg
- Standard timeSAST (UTC+2)
- Daylight saving timenone
- Calling code+27