South Africa · SAST
Tue, 15 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Pretoria, 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 Pretoria 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 Pretoria lines up with 09:00–12:00 in New York. There is a 1-hour difference between Pretoria 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 Pretoria lines up with 09:00–17:00 in London. There is a 7-hour difference between Pretoria 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 Pretoria 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 Pretoria.
Practical Info
Pretoria (South Africa) is home to roughly 2.5M people. Today brings about 10.5 hours of daylight: sunrise at 06:54, 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 26° south of the equator. Traffic drives on the left.
Flag
South Africa
Capital
Pretoria 👑
Continent
Africa
Time Zone
SAST · Africa/Johannesburg
Coordinates
25.75°S, 28.19°E
Currency
ZAR (R)
Calling Code
+27
Driving Side
Left
Hemisphere
Southern
Language
English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
South Africa splits its capital functions three ways: Pretoria executive, Cape Town legislative, Bloemfontein judicial — a compromise struck in 1910 so no former colony would feel it had lost.
The clock: all three keep UTC+2. Pretoria's jacarandas — around 70,000 of them — turn the city purple for about six weeks each October.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
8h overlap