Current time in Cape Town

Cape Town

6:50 p.m.
Dec. 12, 2024

Local time in Cape Town

The time in Cape Town is 2 hours ahead of UTC and 8 hours ahead of Chicago. The timezone in Cape Town is South Africa Standard Time (SAST). Cape Town is not using Daylight Saving Time (DST) but used to in the past. The last DST transition was in 1944.

Details for the time in Cape Town

Current time
6:50 p.m.
Time zone South Africa Standard Time (SAST)
IANA time zone Africa/Johannesburg
Your time difference 8 hours ahead of Chicago
UTC time difference UTC+2
2 hours ahead of UTC

Cape Town Daylight Saving Time (DST)

Cape Town is not using Daylight Saving Time.