What time is it in South Africa?

South Africa stays on UTC+2:00 all year. Its offset from UTC never moves, so its relationship to places that do change shifts twice a year instead — which is usually why someone checks. Right now it is 2 hours ahead of UTC, and 7 hours ahead of New York.

Johannesburg is 7 hours ahead of New York and 10 hours ahead of Los Angeles. 9am in New York is 4:00 pm in Johannesburg.

To convert a specific time rather than read the current one, the converter shows both directions with the next clock change for each.

The day is 13 hours 22 minutes long in Johannesburg, and gaining 1 minute a day. The sun peaks at 11:52 am, 8 minutes before noon on the clock. A UTC offset is a promise that the sun is overhead at midday on one meridian, and Johannesburg sits 8 minutes of solar time west of UTC+2:00’s. The rest is the equation of time, which swings about a quarter of an hour either way across the year.

The solar year swings 3 hours 18 minutes in Johannesburg: 13 hours 47 minutes of daylight at the December solstice against 10 hours 30 minutes at the June one. Being south of the equator, its longest day falls in December — the opposite way round from the other hemisphere.

South Africa’s offset has not moved once since 1970 — no daylight saving, and no change of zone.

On UTC+2:00 right now, the same clock as South Africa: