Blackburn to Cape Town: time difference
Cape Town is 1 h ahead of Blackburn. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
03
- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Twilight
☀️ 06:01 · 🌙 19:03 · 13 h 2 min
+1 h
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Blackburn 18:44 6:44 PM Cape Town 19:44 7:44 PM You –:–
18:44 6:44 PM
British Summer Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:45 · 🌙 18:06
19:44 7:44 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 06:01 · 🌙 19:03
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+1 h
Cape Town is 1 h ahead of Blackburn.
When you, Blackburn and Cape Town are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇬🇧 Blackburn
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🇿🇦 Cape Town
1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM 5 5 AM 6 6 AM 7 7 AM 8 8 AM 9 9 AM 10 10 AM 11 11 AM 12 12 PM 13 1 PM 14 2 PM 15 3 PM 16 4 PM 17 5 PM 18 6 PM 19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 23 11 PM 0 12 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇬🇧 Blackburn | 🇿🇦 Cape Town |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 18:44 | 19:44 |
| Local date | Monday, October 19, 2026 | Monday, October 19, 2026 |
| Time zone | British Summer Time | South Africa Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+1 | UTC+2 |
| Offset from Blackburn | — | +1 h |
| IANA zone | Europe/London | Africa/Johannesburg |
| Daylight saving | On summer time → UTC+0, Oct 25, 01:00 | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 07:45 | 06:01 |
| Sunset | 18:06 | 19:03 |
| Daylight | 10 h 21 min | 13 h 2 min |
| People on this clock | 105,000 | 3,740,026 |
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Blackburn and Cape Town: common questions
How many hours ahead of Blackburn is Cape Town?
The clocks in Cape Town are 1 hour ahead of those in Blackburn (UTC+2 and UTC+1).
If it is 9:00 AM in Blackburn, what time is it in Cape Town?
At 9:00 AM in Blackburn, clocks in Cape Town show 10:00 AM.
What time is it in Cape Town when it is 6:00 PM in Blackburn?
When it is 6:00 PM in Blackburn, it is 7:00 PM in Cape Town.
When do working hours in Blackburn and in Cape Town overlap?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Blackburn, which is 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town.
When does the date change in Cape Town compared with Blackburn?
The new day starts in Cape Town earlier: at 11:00 PM in Blackburn it is already midnight there. Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town, Blackburn is still on the previous day.
Is the time difference between Blackburn and Cape Town the same all year?
No. Only Blackburn switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From October 25, 2026, Cape Town will be 2 hours ahead of Blackburn.
