Current Time in Johannesburg, South Africa
Johannesburg is in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone. The clock updates live every second and automatically follows daylight saving changes; the sun dial shows today's daylight and twilight, and the map shows where it is night.
Time in Johannesburg
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UTC
Today's light in Johannesburg
- Night
- Astronomical twilight
- Nautical twilight
- Civil twilight
- Golden hour
- Daylight
- Astronomical dawn
- 03:53
- Nautical dawn
- 04:23
- Civil dawn
- 04:52
- Sunrise
- 05:16
- Golden hour ends
- 05:48
- Solar noon
- 11:51
- Golden hour begins
- 17:54
- Sunset
- 18:26
- Civil dusk
- 18:51
- Nautical dusk
- 19:20
- Astronomical dusk
- 19:49
It was 6:30 PM on Wednesday, November 4, 2026 in Johannesburg when this page was last updated. Johannesburg is on GMT+2 (UTC+02:00) all year, with no daylight saving. The clock above is live.
- Time zone
- Africa/Johannesburg
- UTC offset
- UTC+02:00
- Abbreviation
- GMT+2
- Population
- 9,418,183
Daylight Saving Time in Johannesburg
Johannesburg does not observe daylight saving time — the offset stays at UTC+02:00 all year round.
Cities in the same time zone
These places share Johannesburg's local time (Africa/Johannesburg):
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