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Time in Johannesburg, South Africa now

06:01:40AM

Sunday, 17 May, 2026, week 20

Norwegian Constitution Day / International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

Sun: ↑ 06:40AM ↓ 05:28PM (10h 48m) - More info - Make Johannesburg time default - Add to favorite locations

Time zone info for Johannesburg

UTC +2

South Africa Standard Time (SAST)
now 6 hours ahead of New York

Johannesburg has not had daylight saving time since 1944.
The IANA time zone identifier for Johannesburg is Africa/Johannesburg.

Time difference
from Johannesburg

Los Angeles	−9 hours	−9 hours
Chicago	−7 hours	−7 hours
New York	−6 hours	−6 hours
Toronto	−6 hours	−6 hours
São Paulo	−5 hours	−5 hours
UTC	−2 hours	−2 hours
Lagos	−1 hours	−1 hours
London	−1 hours	−1 hours
Paris	0
Zurich	0
Cairo	+1 hours
Istanbul	+1 hours
Moscow	+1 hours
Dubai	+2 hours
Mumbai	+3.5 hours
Hong Kong	+6 hours
Shanghai	+6 hours
Singapore	+6 hours
Tokyo	+7 hours
Sydney	+8 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Johannesburg

Sunrise: 06:40AM
Sunset: 05:28PM
Day length: 10h 48m
Solar noon: 12:04PM
The current local time in Johannesburg is 4 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Johannesburg on the map

Location: South Africa
Latitude: -26.20. Longitude: 28.04
Population: 9,418,000

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