| 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 |
Port Elizabeth, 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 Port Elizabeth 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 Port Elizabeth lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. The time difference between Port Elizabeth 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 Port Elizabeth lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. The time difference between Port Elizabeth 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 Port Elizabeth 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 Port Elizabeth.
Port Elizabeth (South Africa) is home to roughly 1.2M people. Today brings about 12.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:55, sunset at 18:19. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+2 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Southern Hemisphere, about 34° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
South Africa
Capital
Pretoria
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Coordinates
33.96°S, 25.60°E
Currency
ZAR (R)
Calling Code
+27
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Gqeberha, still widely called Port Elizabeth, is known as the windy city for good reason: Algoa Bay gets sustained coastal winds most of the year, which has made it a centre for wind energy as well as for South Africa's motor industry.
The clock: the city keeps UTC+2 and sits near Addo Elephant Park, which protects one of the densest elephant populations anywhere.
Port Elizabeth lies at 25.6°E. Its time zone, UTC+2, is built around the 30°E meridian. The 4.4° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 18 minutes ahead of the sun: solar noon arrives at about 12:18 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+2 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 December, with 14h 25m of daylight. The shortest is 22 June, with 9h 53m. The swing between them is 4h 32m. 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 Port Elizabeth the sun comes up earliest on 6 December at 05:00, while the latest sunset waits until 8 January at 19:32. 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 Port Elizabeth that civil twilight runs about 25 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 Port Elizabeth, South Africa is Africa/Johannesburg with a current UTC offset of UTC+2.
Port Elizabeth has an estimated population of 1.2M and is located at coordinates 33.96°S, 25.60°E.
Port Elizabeth gets 14h 25m of daylight on its longest day and 9h 53m on its shortest, averaging 12h 6m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Port Elizabeth falls at about 12:18 on UTC+2 standard time, because the city sits 4.4° from the meridian its zone is built on.
The Friendly City and Its Wind: Gqeberha, still widely called Port Elizabeth, is known as the windy city for good reason: Algoa Bay gets sustained coastal winds most of the year, which has made it a centre for wind energy as well as for South Africa's…