Johannesburg — Africa/Johannesburg
The current local time in the Africa/Johannesburg IANA time zone is shown below. It is the tz database identifier used in South Africa. The zone is currently at UTC +02:00 · SAST and does not observe daylight saving time.
Africa/Johannesburg
Thursday, 22 October 2026 SAST
Zone information
Offset & DST
Current UTC offset: +02:00
Daylight saving: Not observed
Countries using Africa/Johannesburg
Johannesburg vs. major cities
How far Johannesburg is from the world's main business centres right now, what time it is there when the working day starts in Johannesburg, 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 Johannesburg | 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 Johannesburg 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 Johannesburg
Johannesburg 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: Johannesburg stays on UTC +02:00 all year.
Source: IANA tz database, as shipped with the Unicode ICU library.
Cities in this zone
Zones on the same clock as Johannesburg
All IANA zones →These zones show the same time as Africa/Johannesburg on every day of 2026. Their histories may differ.
Africa/Blantyre Bujumbura Africa/Bujumbura Gaborone Africa/Gaborone Harare Africa/Harare Juba Africa/Juba Khartoum Africa/Khartoum Kigali Africa/Kigali Lubumbashi Africa/Lubumbashi Lusaka Africa/Lusaka Maputo Africa/Maputo Maseru Africa/Maseru Mbabane Africa/Mbabane Tripoli Africa/Tripoli Windhoek Africa/Windhoek Kaliningrad Europe/Kaliningrad More references for Africa/Johannesburg
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