🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Daytime
☀️ 06:12 · 🌙 18:56 · 12 h 44 min
Cape Town to Accra: time difference
Accra is 2 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cape Town 08:22 8:22 AM Accra 06:22 6:22 AM You –:–
08:22 8:22 AM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 06:12 · 🌙 18:56
06:22 6:22 AM
Greenwich Mean Time · UTC+0
☀️ 05:48 · 🌙 17:49
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−2 h
Accra is 2 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Accra are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇿🇦 Cape Town
0 12 AM 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
🇬🇭 Accra
22 10 PM 23 11 PM 0 12 AM 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
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇿🇦 Cape Town | 🇬🇭 Accra |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 08:22 | 06:22 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Saturday, October 10, 2026 |
| Time zone | South Africa Standard Time | Greenwich Mean Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC+0 |
| Offset from Cape Town | — | −2 h |
| IANA zone | Africa/Johannesburg | Africa/Accra |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:12 | 05:48 |
| Sunset | 18:56 | 17:49 |
| Daylight | 12 h 44 min | 12 h 2 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 2,388,000 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
More comparisons with Cape Town: the time zones next to it and the far side of the clock.
Big time differences
Cape Town and Accra: common questions
How many hours behind Cape Town is Accra?
The clocks in Accra are 2 hours behind those in Cape Town (UTC+0 and UTC+2).
What time is it in Accra at the start of the working day in Cape Town?
The working day in Cape Town starts at 9:00 AM; in Accra it is 7:00 AM at that moment.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Accra?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Accra show 4:00 PM.
When is a good time to call Accra from Cape Town?
Between 11:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM in Accra – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it still the previous day in Accra?
Until 2:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Accra. The other way round, from 10:00 PM in Accra it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Does the time gap between Cape Town and Accra change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Cape Town nor in Accra, so the gap is 2 hours all year round.
