South Africa · SAST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
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
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?
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
Working Hours
8h overlap