SAST: South Africa Standard Time

South Africa Standard Time, UTC+2 right now. Used in South Africa. No daylight saving time.

SAST · South Africa Standard Time

SAST

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

UTC+2

Abbreviation
SAST
Full name
South Africa Standard Time
UTC offset now
UTC+2
Standard time
UTC+2
Daylight saving
No
Reference zone
Africa/Johannesburg
Where
South Africa

Daylight saving time in SAST

There is no daylight saving time: the offset is UTC+2 all year.

Convert SAST to another time zone Plan a meeting in SAST

Countries and cities on SAST

Where South Africa Standard Time is kept, with each country's largest cities in the zone. Open a city for its clock, sunrise and sunset, and the time difference to the rest of the world.

Countries using SAST
CityLocal timeCompared to SAST
South AfricaJohannesburg, Cape Town, DurbanTue 11:00 AMSame time
LesothoMaseru, Maputsoe, Mohale's HoekTue 11:00 AMSame time
EswatiniManzini, Mbabane, LobambaTue 11:00 AMSame time

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Place data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Times follow the IANA time zone database; sunrise and sunset are computed for the city's coordinates.