South Africa · SAST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Durban, 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 Durban 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 Durban lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Durban 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 Durban lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Durban 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 Durban 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 Durban.
Practical Info
Durban (South Africa) is home to roughly 3.9M people. Today brings about 10.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:48, sunset at 17:06. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 30° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
South Africa
Capital
Pretoria
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
SAST · Africa/Johannesburg
Coordinates
29.86°S, 31.02°E
Currency
ZAR (R)
Calling Code
+27
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Durban handles more container traffic than any other port on the continent, and its city holds the largest population of Indian origin outside India — descendants of indentured labourers brought to the sugar plantations from 1860.
The clock: Durban keeps UTC+2. Gandhi was thrown off a train at Pietermaritzburg nearby in 1893, an incident he later described as the moment that set the rest of his life in motion.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap