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Time in Capetown, California, United States now

04:27:47PM

Saturday, 7 March, 2026, week 10

Capetown switches to daylight saving time at 02:00AM on Sunday, 8 March. The time is set one hour forward.
Sun: ↑ 06:41AM ↓ 06:16PM (11h 35m) - More info - Make Capetown time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Capetown

UTC -8

Pacific Time (PT)
now 3 hours behind New York

From 8 March 2026: UTC -7 / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)
The time in Capetown is normally 3 hours behind the time in New York, but because these time zones don't share the same start and end times for daylight saving time, the time in Capetown can for a short while be 2 or 4 hours behind the time in New York.
The IANA time zone identifier for Capetown is America/Los_Angeles.

Sunday November 2 2025

Latest change: Winter time started

Switched to UTC -8 / Pacific Standard Time (PST).
The time was set back one hour from 02:00AM to 01:00AM local time.

Sunday March 8 2026

Next change: Summer time starts

Switching to UTC -7 / Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
The time will be set forward one hour from 02:00AM to 03:00AM local time.

Time difference
from Capetown

Los Angeles	0
Chicago	+2 hours
New York	+3 hours
Toronto	+3 hours
São Paulo	+5 hours
London	+8 hours
UTC	+8 hours
Lagos	+9 hours
Paris	+9 hours
Zurich	+9 hours
Cairo	+10 hours
Johannesburg	+10 hours
Istanbul	+11 hours
Moscow	+11 hours
Dubai	+12 hours
Mumbai	+13.5 hours
Hong Kong	+16 hours
Shanghai	+16 hours
Singapore	+16 hours
Tokyo	+17 hours
Sydney	+19 hours

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Sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time for Capetown

Sunrise: 06:41AM
Sunset: 06:16PM
Day length: 11h 35m
Solar noon: 12:28PM
The current local time in Capetown is 28 minutes ahead of apparent solar time.

Capetown on the map

Location: California, United States
Latitude: 40.466. Longitude: -124.367
Elevation: 15 m

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