South Africa · SAST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Polokwane, 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 Polokwane 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 Polokwane lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Polokwane 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 Polokwane lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Polokwane 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 Polokwane 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 Polokwane.
Practical Info
Polokwane (South Africa) is home to roughly 130K people. Today brings about 10.6 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:48, 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 24° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
South Africa
Capital
Pretoria
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
SAST · 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 nearby was a trading kingdom around AD 1200 whose gold rhinoceros figurine is a national symbol.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap