Current Local Time in Cape Town
South Africa Africa/Johannesburg SAST UTC+2 No clock change
13:29:46
Sunday, August 2, 2026
Daytime UTC+2 (+02:00)
Static values shown for ; your browser updates them to the current second.
UTC offset now
UTC+2
Same on every date
Abbreviation
SAST
No seasonal variant
Daylight saving
No clock change
Cape Town never changes its clocks
IANA time zone
Africa/Johannesburg
South Africa · Africa
Cape Town time zone
Cape Town keeps a single offset all year. Local clocks run UTC+2, written SAST, and there is no seasonal adjustment — so the only reason your difference with Cape Town would change is a clock change where you are.
- IANA time zone
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Offset in standard time
- UTC+2 (SAST)
- Daylight saving time
- Not observed — no clock change
- Most recent clock change
- None on record in recent years
- Next clock change
- None scheduled — clocks stay as they are
- When it is 12:00 UTC
- 14:00 in January · 14:00 in July
Clock changes in Cape Town, 2026–2028
Full record for Cape Town → ten years back and ten forward, with each year's DST window.
No clock change. Cape Town stays on UTC+2 (SAST) through 2028 under the rules currently published in the IANA time zone database. Governments do sometimes change these rules, so this page is regenerated from the latest database on every build.
Sun and moon in Cape Town
Computed for -33.9249°, 18.4241° on August 2, 2026.
Sunrise
07:37
Sunset
18:07
Day length
10h 30m
+1m 32s vs yesterday
Solar noon
12:52
Sun at its highest
| Phase | Morning | Evening | Sun's altitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomical twilight | 06:11 | 19:33 | −18° to −12° |
| Nautical twilight | 06:41 | 19:03 | −12° to −6° |
| Civil twilight | 07:11 | 18:33 | −6° to −0.833° |
| Sunrise / sunset | 07:37 | 18:07 | −0.833° (upper limb at the horizon) |
Across 2026, daylight in Cape Town runs from about 9h 53m at the shortest day to 14h 25m at the longest.
Moon
Waning gibbous
80% illuminated · 19.1 days into the cycle · waning
- Moonrise
- 22:02
- Moonset
- 09:35
- Next full moon
- Aug 28, 06:19
- Next new moon
- Aug 12, 19:38
Sun and moon figures are computed locally from standard astronomical series (NOAA solar equations and Meeus' lunar terms) — accurate to about a minute at mid latitudes, and less near the poles where the sun crosses the horizon at a shallow angle.
Weather in Cape Town
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Time difference between Cape Town and other cities
Differences are computed from each city's own zone rules, so pairs whose clocks change on different dates show more than one value across the year.
| City | Local time | Difference | Across the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York United States | 07:29 | −6h | Varies: −6h / −7h |
| Sao Paulo Brazil | 08:29 | −5h | Fixed all year |
| London United Kingdom | 12:29 | −1h | Varies: −1h / −2h |
| Tel Aviv Israel | 14:29 | +1h | Varies: +1h / ±0h |
| Cairo Egypt | 14:29 | +1h | Varies: +1h / ±0h |
| Mumbai India | 16:59 | +3:30h | Fixed all year |
| Sydney Australia | 21:29 | +8h | Varies: +9h / +8h |
| Los Angeles United States | 04:29 | −9h | Varies: −9h / −10h |
Cape Town at a glance
- Country
- South Africa
- Region
- Africa
- Coordinates
- 33.9249° S, 18.4241° E
- IANA time zone
- Africa/Johannesburg
- Currency
- ZAR
- Language
- English / Zulu / Afrikaans
- Usual clock notation
- 24-hour
Only fields we can source are listed; nothing on this page is estimated. Sources are in data sources .
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What time is it in Cape Town right now?
The clock at the top of this page shows the current local time in Cape Town, South Africa, updated every second from your device's clock and converted with the Africa/Johannesburg time zone rules. Cape Town currently runs at UTC+2 (SAST) all year round.
What time zone is Cape Town in?
The IANA identifier for Cape Town is Africa/Johannesburg. Its abbreviation is SAST all year.
What is the UTC offset in Cape Town?
Cape Town stays at UTC+2 throughout the year. Its clocks never move, so the offset shown here is the offset on every date.
Does Cape Town observe daylight saving time?
No. Cape Town does not use daylight saving time — there is no clock change in 2026, so UTC+2 applies on every date. Differences with cities that do change their clocks still move twice a year, because the other city shifts.
What is the time difference between Cape Town and New York?
For most of 2026, New York is 6 hours behind Cape Town. Because the two places change their clocks on different dates, the gap is 7 hours (New York behind Cape Town) from January 1 – March 8 and November 1 – January 1.
What is the time difference between Cape Town and Sao Paulo?
The gap is fixed: Sao Paulo is 5 hours behind Cape Town on every date of the year.
What is the time difference between Cape Town and London?
For most of 2026, London is 1 hour behind Cape Town. Because the two places change their clocks on different dates, the gap is 2 hours (London behind Cape Town) from January 1 – March 29 and October 25 – January 1.
How long is the day in Cape Town?
Day length in Cape Town ranges from about 9h 53m at the shortest day of 2026 to about 14h 25m at the longest. The sunrise and sunset section on this page shows today's figures for latitude -33.92°, longitude 18.42°.