Current time in South Africa
Live local time in South Africa with seconds.
South Africa — current time
Using time zone of the capital Pretoria
Friday,
January
16,
2026
South Africa on the map
PM
2026
January
Fr
16
05
35
10
40
3
9
15
45
20
50
25
55
6
12
30
00
South Africa — Information
- Land region (Part of the world)
- Africa
- ISO 3166
- ZA
- Flag
- Capital
- Pretoria
- Area
- 1 219 912 (km²)
- Population
- ~49 000 000
- Currency
- ZAR — South African Rand
- Exchange rate of South African Rand to US Dollar on 16.01.2026
- 100 ZAR = 6.09 USD
1 USD = 16.41 ZAR - Country phone code
- +27
- Direction of traffic
- Left-hand traffic
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Daylight saving time changes in South Africa
- Current time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Switch to summer time
- No
- Switch to winter time
- No
