Time in Cape Town
Western Cape, South Africa
Cape Town
09:42:27 PM
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
New York
02:42:27 PM
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
America/New York · UTC−05:00
Your time
08:42:27 PM
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Europe/Madrid · UTC+01:00
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Cape Town
Wed, Nov 4 · UTC+02:00
Where is Cape Town
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Climate and daylight in Cape Town
Warmest month
February · 20.3 °C
Coldest month
August · 14.3 °C
Wettest month
June · 91 mm
Longest day
December · 14 h 24
Average climate 2001–2025 from NASA POWER (MERRA-2). Sun times are calculated for the 15th of each month.
Cape Town is in South Africa, with about 4,773,000 inhabitants, and uses the Africa/Johannesburg time zone, currently UTC+02:00. Cape Town is 7 hours ahead of New York.
Cape Town does not observe daylight saving time: it stays at UTC+02:00 all year.
Today, Wednesday, November 4, 2026, the sun rises at 05:43 AM and sets at 07:17 PM: 13 h 34 min of daylight. Coordinates: -33.93, 18.42.
Where is Cape Town
Cape Town is at 33.93° S, 18.42° E, in South Africa. The nearest cities on our list are Maseru (999 km), Gaborone (1,260 km), Johannesburg (1,262 km), Windhoek (1,271 km), Mbabane (1,485 km).
Time in Maseru, Time in Gaborone, Time in Johannesburg, Time in Windhoek, Time in Mbabane.
Upcoming public holidays in South Africa
- Wednesday, December 16, 2026: Day of Reconciliation (in 42 days)
- Friday, December 25, 2026: Christmas Day (in 51 days)
- Saturday, December 26, 2026: Day of Goodwill (in 52 days)
- Friday, January 1, 2027: New Year's Day (in 58 days)
- Sunday, March 21, 2027: Human Rights Day (in 137 days)
Other cities on the same time
Johannesburg, Cairo, Khartoum, Kyiv, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Athens, Beirut, Bucharest, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Harare, Kharkiv, Maputo, Tripoli, Sofia, Kigali, Odesa, Jerusalem, Dnipro, Blantyre, Donetsk, Helsinki, Bujumbura, Riga.