South Africa Time Zone

Time Zone of a Place
Time zone of

What time zone is it in South Africa?

Answer

Time zone in South Africa
South Africa Standard Time (SAST, UTC+2)

More about the zone: South Africa Standard Time.

Time Zone Facts

Time zone
South Africa Standard Time
Abbreviations
SAST
Standard time
UTC+2
Daylight saving time
not observed
Clock changes
the clocks do not change
Daylight saving time in effect now
No

Time Difference

UTC
2 hours ahead
Eastern Time
6 hours ahead
Central Time
7 hours ahead
Mountain Time
8 hours ahead
Pacific Time
9 hours ahead
Moscow Time
MSK−1

Current time in South Africa

UTC+2 — add 2 hours to UTC

Related Calculations

See Also

Time Zone of a Place

This reference shows what time zone a place is in: the name of the zone and its abbreviations, the UTC offset in standard and daylight time, whether the clocks change there and when, plus the difference from UTC, from the four US zones and from Moscow. For example, it can help you find out what time zone is it in South Africa? (The answer is: South Africa Standard Time (SAST, UTC+2)). Pick a place or a zone (e.g. 'South Africa') and hit the 'Find out' button.
Time Zone of a Place
Time zone of

Time Zones: Countries

PlaceTime zone
BelarusUTC+3
BrazilUTC−2, Brasília Time, UTC−4 and UTC−5
CanadaNewfoundland Time, Atlantic Time, Eastern Time, Central Time, Mountain Time and Pacific Time
ChinaUTC+8
ColombiaUTC−5
Czech RepublicCentral European Time
EgyptEastern European Time
FinlandEastern European Time
FranceCentral European Time
Georgia (country)UTC+4
GermanyCentral European Time
GreeceEastern European Time
IndiaIndia Standard Time
IndonesiaUTC+7, UTC+8 and UTC+9
IrelandIrish Time
IsraelIsrael Time
ItalyCentral European Time
JapanJapan Standard Time
JordanUTC+3
KazakhstanUTC+5
KyrgyzstanUTC+6
MalaysiaUTC+8
MexicoMexican Central Time, Mexican Pacific Time, Mexican Northwest Time and Mexican Southeast Time
MozambiqueUTC+2
NetherlandsCentral European Time
New ZealandNew Zealand Time
ParaguayUTC−3
PortugalWestern European Time and UTC−1
RussiaKaliningrad Time, Moscow Time, Samara Time, Yekaterinburg Time, Omsk Time, Krasnoyarsk Time, Irkutsk Time, Yakutsk Time, Vladivostok Time, Magadan Time and Kamchatka Time
SerbiaCentral European Time
South AfricaSouth Africa Standard Time
South KoreaKorea Standard Time
SpainCentral European Time and Western European Time
ThailandUTC+7
TurkeyUTC+3
UkraineEastern European Time
United KingdomGreenwich Mean Time
United StatesEastern Time, Central Time, Mountain Time, Pacific Time, Alaska Time and Hawaii–Aleutian Time
UzbekistanUTC+5
VietnamUTC+7

FAQ

What time zone is it in South Africa?

Time zone in South Africa South Africa Standard Time (SAST, UTC+2)

Is daylight saving time observed in South Africa?

No. The clocks there stay on UTC+2 all year round.

What is the time difference in South Africa compared with UTC?

Right now the clock in South Africa is 2 hours ahead of UTC, and MSK−1 against Moscow Time.

See Also