Cape TownSouth Africa
Current time in Cape Town, South Africa
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
South Africa Standard TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockCape Town time at a glance
- Country
- South Africa
- Location
- City in Western Cape
- Time zone
Africa/Johannesburg- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- GMT+2
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Weather now
Weather in Cape Town
Conditions near Cape Town and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Sunny
- Feels like
- 16°C
- Humidity
- 56%
- Wind
- 3.6 km/h S
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Sunny11°C to 19°C8% chance of precipitationWind up to 12.2 km/h
- Overcast12°C to 19°C13% chance of precipitationWind up to 14.8 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby11°C to 14°C74% chance of precipitationWind up to 49.3 km/h
Forecast valid from 11:15 local time. Updated 2026-09-01T09:24:59.605Z; refresh due by 2026-09-01T09:39:59.605Z.
Time-zone identity for Cape Town
- IANA zone
Africa/Johannesburg- UTC offset now
- UTC+02:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+2
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Cape Town is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Cape Town
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Monday, 6 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Cape Town
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Africa/Johannesburg, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Location context
About Cape Town
Location details for Cape Town in Western Cape, South Africa.
- Administrative area
- Western Cape, South Africa
- Population
- 4,772,846
- Coordinates
- 33.9258° S, 18.4232° E. The elevation is 25 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Cape Town
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Cape Town. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- RondeboschWestern Cape, South Africa6.4 km southeast
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - AthloneWestern Cape, South Africa8.6 km southeast
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - LansdowneWestern Cape, South Africa9.7 km southeast
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - RetreatWestern Cape, South Africa15 km south
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - MuizenbergWestern Cape, South Africa20 km south
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - DurbanvilleWestern Cape, South Africa23 km northeast
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time
Sources for Cape Town time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- Weather and Geolocation APIWeatherAPI.com · Forecast API v1; free plan · WeatherAPI.com terms; commercial and non-commercial use permitted by plan · AccessedCurrent weather conditions, the next 24 hours and a three-day forecast.