Time in South Africa 🇿🇦
The current local time in South Africa is anchored on Pretoria (Africa/Johannesburg, UTC +02:00 · SAST).
Pretoria local time
Thursday, 22 October 2026 SAST
South Africa at a glance
- Capital
- Pretoria
- ISO codes
- ZA · ZAF
- Clocks in use today
- One time zone
- tz database zones
- 1
- Dialing code
- +27
- Currency
- South African Rand (ZAR)
- Work week
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend
- Saturday and Sunday
- Drives on the
- Left
Time zones in South Africa
All of South Africa keeps the same clock, UTC +02:00, all year with no daylight saving time.
| Zone | Standard | Daylight saving | Clock changes 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
Africa/Johannesburg · Johannesburg | UTC +02:00 | — | None |
Pretoria vs. major cities
How far Pretoria is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Pretoria, and which hours of a 09:00–17:00 day the two places share. Daylight saving changes are applied automatically.
| City | Difference | At 09:00 in Pretoria | Shared office hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York · United States | −6 h | 03:00 | 15:00–17:00 |
| Los Angeles · United States | −9 h | 00:00 | None |
| São Paulo · Brazil | −5 h | 04:00 | 14:00–17:00 |
| London · United Kingdom | −1 h | 08:00 | 10:00–17:00 |
| Paris · France | Same time | 09:00 | 09:00–17:00 |
| Dubai · United Arab Emirates | +2 h | 11:00 | 09:00–15:00 |
| Delhi · India | +3:30 h | 12:30 | 09:00–13:30 |
| Singapore · Singapore | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Beijing · China | +6 h | 15:00 | 09:00–11:00 |
| Tokyo · Japan | +7 h | 16:00 | 09:00–10:00 |
Shared office hours are shown in Pretoria time. Compare any set of cities hour by hour in the time zone converter, or pick a slot that suits everyone with the event planner.
Clock changes in Pretoria
Pretoria has kept the same UTC +02:00 offset without daylight saving time since at least 1970.
No clock changes are scheduled in 2026 or 2027: Pretoria stays on UTC +02:00 all year.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
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