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Time in East London, South Africa now

09:46:47PM

Friday, October 2, 2026

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

Sun: ↑ 05:44AM ↓ 06:11PM (12h 27m) - More info - Make East London time default - Add to favourite locations

Time zone info for East London

UTC +2

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

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

Time difference
from East London

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 East London

Sunrise: 05:44AM
Sunset: 06:11PM
Day length: 12h 27m
Solar noon: 11:58AM
The current local time in East London is 2 minutes behind apparent solar time.

East London on the map

Location: South Africa
Latitude: -33.02. Longitude: 27.91
Population: 479,000

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