Time in Cape Town, South Africa | Cape Town Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
SAST (UTC+02:00)
Time zone information for Cape Town
UTC +2
South Africa Time (SAST) , currently 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Cape Town does not observe daylight saving time (DST).
▪Time in Cape Town is always 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Cape Town is
Africa/Johannesburg.Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Cape Town
- ▪Sunrise: 05:56
- ▪Sunset: 19:05
- ▪Day length: 13h 9m
- ▪Solar noon: 12:30
- ▪Current time in Cape Town is currently 30 minutes ahead of solar time.
Cape Town on map
- ▪Location: Western Cape, South Africa
- ▪Latitude: -33,93. Longitude: 18,42
- ▪Population: 4,772,846
- ▪Elevation: 25 m
Time difference
from Cape Town
Sun cycle
Sunrise 05:56
Solar noon 12:30Sunset 19:05
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Africa/Johannesburg- Abbreviation
- SAST
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792664684
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 05:56
- Sunset
- 19:05
- Solar noon
- 12:30
- Day length
- 13h 09m
- Night length
- 10h 50m
- Civil twilight
- 05:30 – 19:31
Geography & country
- Country
- South Africa
- Region / State
- Western Cape
- Coordinates
- -33.926°, 18.423°
- Elevation
- 25 m
- Population
- 4,772,846
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