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Time in Johannesburg, South Africa now

12:44:24

Friday, 2 October 2026, week 40

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

Sun: ↑ 05:46 ↓ 18:08 (12h 22m) - 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

The time in Johannesburg 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.
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: 05:46
Sunset: 18:08
Day length: 12h 22m
Solar noon: 11:57
The current local time in Johannesburg is 3 minutes behind apparent solar time.

Johannesburg on the map

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

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