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Durban

UTC+2

South Africa · SAST

Winter
02:43:42Live

Tue, 15 Sept 2026

00:00↑ 06:48↓ 17:0624:00
Sunrise
06:48
Sunset
17:06
Daylight
10.3hrs
Population
3.9M
Season
Winter
Next full moon
14 Jul
Buck Moon

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

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?

The Busiest Port in Africa

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

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Working Hours

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