Time in Cape Town now
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Saturday, September 5, 2026
Cape Town time zone info
UTC +2
South Africa Standard Time (GMT+2)
now 7 hours ahead of Chicago
- Cape Town does not observe daylight saving time.
- The IANA time zone identifier for Cape Town is Africa/Johannesburg.
Cape Town's sunrise, sunset, day length and solar time
- Sunrise: 9:28 AM
- Sunset: 8:59 PM
- Day length: 11h 31m
- Culmination: 3:14 PM
- Currently Cape Town time is 194 minutes behind apparent solar time.
Time difference
Compared with Cape Town
UTC
−2 hours
Cape Town on the map
- Cape Town is in South Africa.
- Latitude: -33.92. Longitude: 18.42.
- Population: 4,618,000
- South Africa: Population: 60,400,000