Current time in Johannesburg
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, keeps South Africa Standard Time at UTC+02:00 all year, with no clock changes.
Current time in Johannesburg
17:22:03
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Time zone in Johannesburg
Sunrise and sunset in Johannesburg
Sun and clock in Johannesburg
Averaged over the year, solar noon in Johannesburg falls at 12:08: the city sits almost on the meridian its clock is set to.
Cape Town, 1,260 km to the south-west, keeps the same clock, yet the sun crosses the meridian there 38 minutes later than in Johannesburg.
Daylight through the year in Johannesburg
No city in another country and at least 30° of longitude away lies within a degree of Johannesburg’s latitude; the closest, Brisbane at 27.5°S, has a longest day 6 minutes longer.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 15 | 05:10 | 18:34 | 13 h 24 m |
| December 15 | 05:10 | 18:56 | 13 h 46 m |
| January 15 | 05:29 | 19:05 | 13 h 36 m |
| February 15 | 05:53 | 18:51 | 12 h 58 m |
| March 15 | 06:09 | 18:25 | 12 h 16 m |
| April 15 | 06:24 | 17:52 | 11 h 29 m |
| May 15 | 06:39 | 17:29 | 10 h 50 m |
| June 15 | 06:53 | 17:23 | 10 h 30 m |
| July 15 | 06:54 | 17:33 | 10 h 39 m |
| August 15 | 06:37 | 17:48 | 11 h 11 m |
| September 15 | 06:05 | 18:01 | 11 h 56 m |
| October 15 | 05:33 | 18:14 | 12 h 41 m |
When the clocks change in Johannesburg
Johannesburg has kept UTC+02:00 since March 19, 1944. The last time its clock showed anything else was from September 19, 1943 to March 19, 1944, when it ran at UTC+03:00. That was the last of 3 such spells in the record since 1900. The record opens with Johannesburg’s own local mean time, UTC+01:52, kept until 1892.
Calling Johannesburg from another time zone
| Place | Johannesburg’s 09:00–17:00 there | Shared working hours | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 07:00–15:00 | — | — |
| New York | 02:00–10:00 | 1 h, 16:00–17:00 Johannesburg time | 1 h to 2 h |
| London | 07:00–15:00 | 6 h, 11:00–17:00 Johannesburg time | 6 h to 7 h |
| Tokyo | 16:00–00:00 | 1 h, 09:00–10:00 Johannesburg time | always 1 h |
At 09:00 on Monday, November 9, 2026 in Johannesburg, 6 listed cities, including Los Angeles and San Francisco, are still on Sunday. By 17:00 on Friday, 10 listed cities, including Tokyo and Seoul, have already reached Saturday.
Johannesburg compared with other cities
| City | Local time | Date | UTC offset | Difference from Johannesburg | Over the next 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | — | — | UTC-05:00 | 7 h behind | 7 h behind / 6 h behind |
| London | — | — | UTC+00:00 | 2 h behind | 2 h behind / 1 h behind |
| Dubai | — | — | UTC+04:00 | 2 h ahead | all year |
| New Delhi | — | — | UTC+05:30 | 3 h 30 min ahead | all year |
| Singapore | — | — | UTC+08:00 | 6 h ahead | all year |
| Tokyo | — | — | UTC+09:00 | 7 h ahead | all year |
| Sydney | — | — | UTC+11:00 | 9 h ahead | 8 h ahead / 9 h ahead |
Nearby cities
Other places in this directory that keep Africa/Johannesburg time: Cape Town.
| City | Distance | Clock | Solar noon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town | 1,260 km south-west | same clock | 38 minutes later |
| Nairobi | 2,920 km north | 1 h ahead | 35 minutes earlier |
| Addis Ababa | 4,100 km north | 1 h ahead | 43 minutes earlier |
| Lagos | 4,510 km north-west | 1 h behind | 1 h 39 min later |
| Accra | 4,670 km north-west | 2 h behind | 1 h 53 min later |
| Jeddah | 5,440 km north | 1 h ahead | 45 minutes earlier |
| Riyadh | 6,000 km north | 1 h ahead | 1 h 15 min earlier |
| Doha | 6,260 km north-east | 1 h ahead | 1 h 34 min earlier |
No city in this directory on another identifier keeps exactly Johannesburg’s clock.
Time zone rules: IANA tz database release 2026c, applied when this page was generated on 2026-11-02.
Frequently asked questions
What time zone is Johannesburg in?
Johannesburg keeps Africa/Johannesburg, South Africa Standard Time, at UTC+02:00 all year. The identifier is named after Johannesburg itself.
Is all of South Africa on the same time as Johannesburg?
Yes. Africa/Johannesburg is the tz database’s only entry for South Africa, and Johannesburg keeps it.
Which other countries keep exactly the same time as Johannesburg?
15 other countries and territories keep exactly Johannesburg’s clock, with no clock changes either.
What is the time difference between Johannesburg and Nairobi?
The clock in Nairobi, Kenya, about 2,920 km away and the closest city in this directory on a different clock, is 1 h ahead of Johannesburg.