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Bloemfontein

UTC+2

South Africa · SAST

Winter
02:45:27Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 07:12↓ 17:2424:00
Sunrise
07:12
Sunset
17:24
Daylight
10.2hrs
Population
560K
Season
Winter
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

Timezone Guide

Bloemfontein, South Africa runs on UTC+2. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. There is a 6-hour difference between Bloemfontein and New York. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 3 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 15:00–18:00 in Bloemfontein lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Bloemfontein and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 10:00–18:00 in Bloemfontein lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Bloemfontein and Tokyo. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–11:00 in Bloemfontein lines up with 16:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Madrid, Paris, Amsterdam. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Bloemfontein.

Practical Info

Bloemfontein (South Africa) is home to roughly 560K people. Today brings about 10.2 hours of daylight: sunrise at 07:12, sunset at 17:24. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 29° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.

Flag

South Africa

South Africa

Capital

Pretoria

Continent

Africa

Time Zone

SAST · Africa/Johannesburg

Coordinates

29.12°S, 26.21°E

Currency

ZAR (R)

Calling Code

+27

Driving Side

Left

Hemisphere

Southern

Language

English

Measurement System

Metric

Did You Know?

Where Tolkien Was Born

J. R. R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein in 1892 and left at three. The city is South Africa's judicial capital, seat of the Supreme Court of Appeal, and the place where the ANC was founded in 1912.

The clock: Bloemfontein keeps UTC+2 at about 1,400 metres, where winter nights routinely fall below freezing.

Annual Daylight

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Working Hours

8h overlap
BloemfonteinUTC+2
06121824
Your locationUTC+3
06121824