Time in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | Pietermaritzburg Now
Thursday, 22 October 2026
SAST (UTC+02:00)
Time zone information for Pietermaritzburg
UTC +2
South Africa Time (SAST) , currently 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
▪Pietermaritzburg does not observe daylight saving time (DST).
▪Time in Pietermaritzburg is always 5 hours behind Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh.
▪The IANA time zone identifier for Pietermaritzburg is
Africa/Johannesburg.Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Pietermaritzburg
- ▪Sunrise: 05:13
- ▪Sunset: 18:12
- ▪Day length: 12h 59m
- ▪Solar noon: 11:42
- ▪Current time in Pietermaritzburg is currently 18 minutes behind solar time.
Pietermaritzburg on map
- ▪Location: KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- ▪Latitude: -29,62. Longitude: 30,39
- ▪Population: 839,327
- ▪Elevation: 636 m
Time difference
from Pietermaritzburg
Sun cycle
Sunrise 05:13
Solar noon 11:42Sunset 18:12
Time zone & DST
- IANA identifier
Africa/Johannesburg- Abbreviation
- SAST
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Daylight saving
- Not in effect
- Current Unix epoch
- 1792703767
Sun & astronomy
- Sunrise
- 05:13
- Sunset
- 18:12
- Solar noon
- 11:42
- Day length
- 12h 59m
- Night length
- 11h 00m
- Civil twilight
- 04:48 – 18:37
Geography & country
- Country
- South Africa
- Region / State
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Coordinates
- -29.617°, 30.393°
- Elevation
- 636 m
- Population
- 839,327
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