| 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 |
Polokwane, 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 Polokwane 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 Polokwane lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Polokwane 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 Polokwane lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Polokwane 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 Polokwane 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 Polokwane.
Polokwane (South Africa) is home to roughly 130K people. Today brings about 12.3 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:43, sunset at 18:00. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 24° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
South Africa
Capital
Pretoria
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Coordinates
23.90°S, 29.45°E
Currency
ZAR (R)
Calling Code
+27
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Limpopo province around Polokwane holds South Africa's baobabs, trees that can live 2,000 years and hollow out large enough to have been used as shops, prisons and pubs. Several of the largest have collapsed since 2005.
The clock: Polokwane keeps UTC+2. Mapungubwe, some 200 km to the north, was a trading kingdom around AD 1200 whose gold rhinoceros figurine is a national symbol.
Polokwane lies at 29.5°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 12:02, 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 13h 37m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 10h 39m. The swing between them is 2h 57m. 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 Polokwane the sun comes up earliest on 30 November at 05:07, while the latest sunset waits until 14 January at 18:55. 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 Polokwane that civil twilight runs about 23 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 Polokwane, South Africa is Africa/Johannesburg with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Polokwane has an estimated population of 130K and is located at coordinates 23.90°S, 29.45°E.
Polokwane gets 13h 37m of daylight on its longest day and 10h 39m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Polokwane falls at about 12:02 on UTC+2 standard time, because the city sits 0.5° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Gateway to the Baobabs: Limpopo province around Polokwane holds South Africa's baobabs, trees that can live 2,000 years and hollow out large enough to have been used as shops, prisons and pubs. Several of the largest have collapsed since 2005.