Current time in South Africa
Local time in South Africa
The time in South Africa is 2 hours ahead of UTC and 6 hours ahead of Ashburn. There is no daylightsaving in effect at the moment.
Details for the time in South Africa
| Current time |
12:24 p.m.
|
| Timezone | South Africa Standard Time (SAST) |
| Olson timezone name | Africa/Johannesburg |
| Time difference | 6 hours ahead of Ashburn |
| 2 hours ahead of UTC |
South Africa Daylight Saving time (DST)
South Africa does not observe daylight savings.South Africa
South Africa uses South Africa Standard Time SAST. SAST is UTC +0200. South Africa's latitude and longitude is 29° 00' S and 24° 00' E . Therefore being two hours ahead of UTC is very suitable for South Africa. The country isn’t very close to the equator but doesn’t observe daylight savings time.
Important cities in South Africa
The current time in some important cities in South Africa is shown below.