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Time in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa now

01:54:02AM

Friday, October 2, 2026

International Day of Non-Violence - to commemorate the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi

Sun: ↑ 05:36AM ↓ 06:00PM (12h 25m) - More info - Make Pietermaritzburg time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for Pietermaritzburg

UTC +2

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

The time in Pietermaritzburg is 7 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on standard time, and 6 hours ahead of the time in New York when New York is on daylight saving time.
Pietermaritzburg has not had daylight saving time since 1944.
The IANA time zone identifier for Pietermaritzburg is Africa/Johannesburg.

Time difference
from Pietermaritzburg

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
Johannesburg	0
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 Pietermaritzburg

Sunrise: 05:36AM
Sunset: 06:00PM
Day length: 12h 25m
Solar noon: 11:48AM
The current local time in Pietermaritzburg is 12 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Pietermaritzburg on the map

Location: South Africa
Latitude: -29.62. Longitude: 30.39
Population: 839,000

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