Africa/Johannesburg Time Zone

Africa/Johannesburg is South Africa Time, UTC+02:00. The clock below shows the time there now.

South Africa TimeUTC+02:00Local time nowAfrica/Johannesburg
Africa/MaseruAfrica/MbabaneAfrica/WindhoekAntarctica/TrollEtc/GMTEtc/GMT-2Etc/UTC
Africa/Johannesburg and its neighbors (simplified outlines). Open in OpenStreetMap ↗
IANA identifier
Africa/Johannesburg
Coordinates (central point)
-28.579420, 24.086771

These coordinates mark a central point for the area, not a street address.

Largest cities on this clock

Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria, Soweto, Gqeberha, Soshanguve, and Pietermaritzburg, in South Africa, keep South Africa Time, the time shown above.

Largest first, by the population GeoNames lists for each city (it gives no year).

Countries and territories, largest first

These countries and territories use this time zone. The list doesn’t settle any border question. Country populations are GeoNames figures. GeoNames gives no year for them, so they are not current estimates and may differ in age from country to country.

  1. South Africa57,779,622 people

Bordering areas, nearest first

Distances are straight lines between map points.

  1. Africa/Maseru257 mi east
  2. Africa/Gaborone432 mi north
  3. Africa/Mbabane474 mi east
  4. Africa/Windhoek582 mi northwest
  5. Africa/Harare740 mi northeast
  6. Africa/Maputo966 mi northeast
  7. Antarctica/Troll3,400 mi south
  8. Antarctica/McMurdo5,098 mi south
  9. Etc/GMT-1sea area
  10. Etc/GMT-2sea area
  11. Etc/GMTsea area
  12. Etc/UTCsea area
All 13
  1. Etc/GMT-3sea area

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Boundary data adapted from © OpenStreetMap contributors, under ODbL.

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Areas that only touch the edge

These areas meet this one only along a sliver. Most places here are not in them; for a spot near the line, check it with the time-zone finder.