| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −1h | Becomes −2h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | ±0h | Becomes −1h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | +2h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +7h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +8h | Becomes +9h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −6h | Becomes −7h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −9h | Becomes −10h on 1 Nov |
Durban, South Africa runs on UTC+2. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Durban and New York is 6 hours. 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. The time difference between Durban and London is 1 hour. 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. The time difference between Durban and Tokyo is 7 hours. 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 Johannesburg, Windhoek, Cape Town. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Durban.
Durban (South Africa) is home to roughly 3.9M people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:35, sunset at 17:56. 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
UTC+2 · 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 in sub-Saharan Africa, 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.
Durban lies at 31.0°E. Its time zone, UTC+2, is built around the 30°E meridian. The two very nearly coincide: solar noon — the moment the sun is highest — falls at about 11:56, which is as close to true solar time as a zone this wide can get. The zone holds UTC+2 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 14h 4m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 13m. The swing between them is 3h 51m. At this latitude the seasons are visible in the clock, but never dramatic.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Durban the sun comes up earliest on 4 December at 04:48, while the latest sunset waits until 10 January at 19:01. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Durban that civil twilight runs about 24 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Durban, South Africa is Africa/Johannesburg with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Durban has an estimated population of 3.9M and is located at coordinates 29.86°S, 31.02°E.
Durban gets 14h 4m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 13m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Durban falls at about 11:56 on UTC+2 standard time, because the city sits 1.0° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Busiest Port in Sub-Saharan Africa: Durban handles more container traffic than any other port in sub-Saharan Africa, and its city holds the largest population of Indian origin outside India — descendants of indentured labourers brought to the sugar…