East LondonSouth Africa
Current time in East London, South Africa
Monday, 31 August 2026
South Africa Standard TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockEast London time at a glance
- Country
- South Africa
- Location
- City in Eastern 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 East London
Conditions near East London and a 3-day forecast. Local conditions can differ across large urban areas, mountains and coastlines.
Patchy rain nearby
- Feels like
- 16°C
- Humidity
- 78%
- Wind
- 13.3 km/h NE
- Recent precipitation
- 0 mm
3-day forecast
- Patchy rain nearby15°C to 18°C81% chance of precipitationWind up to 16.6 km/h
- Overcast16°C to 20°C22% chance of precipitationWind up to 17.6 km/h
- Patchy rain nearby18°C to 20°C67% chance of precipitationWind up to 31 km/h
Forecast valid from 19:15 local time. Updated 2026-08-31T17:35:22.675Z; refresh due by 2026-08-31T17:50:22.675Z.
Time-zone identity for East London
- 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.
East London is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in East London
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Sunday, 5 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for East London
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 East London
Location details for East London in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
- Administrative area
- Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Population
- 478,676
- Coordinates
- 33.0153° S, 27.9116° E. The elevation is 48 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near East London
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from East London. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- GonubieEastern Cape, South Africa12 km northeast
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - MdantsaneEastern Cape, South Africa16 km northwest
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - NdevanaEastern Cape, South Africa39 km west
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - BhishoEastern Cape, South Africa48 km northwest
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - QonceEastern Cape, South Africa51 km west
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - StutterheimEastern Cape, South Africa67 km northwest
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time
Sources for East London 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.