Richards BaySouth Africa
Current time in Richards Bay, South Africa
Saturday, 17 October 2026
South Africa Standard TimeUTC+02:00
⛶ Full-screen clockRichards Bay time at a glance
- Country
- South Africa
- Location
- City in KwaZulu-Natal
- Time zone
Africa/Johannesburg- UTC offset now
UTC+02:00- Current zone label
- GMT+2
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Time-zone identity for Richards Bay
- 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.
Richards Bay is currently 2 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Richards Bay
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Friday, 22 October 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Richards Bay
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 Richards Bay
Location details for Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Administrative area
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Population
- 252,968
- Coordinates
- 28.7830° S, 32.0377° E. The elevation is 9 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Richards Bay
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Richards Bay. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- EmpangeniKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa14 km west
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - eSikhaleniKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa17 km southwest
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - MtubatubaKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa43 km north
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - EshoweKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa56 km west
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - MandeniKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa73 km southwest
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time - UlundiKwaZulu-Natal, South Africa79 km northwest
Africa/JohannesburgSame local time
Sources for Richards Bay time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 3 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.