Cape Town to Catania: time difference

Catania is 1 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.

🇮🇹 Catania, Italy

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9:17 AM · Friday, November 6, 2026

  • Central European Standard Time
  • UTC+1
  • Daytime

☀️ 06:30 · 🌙 16:58 · 10 h 28 min

−1 h

One day, 2 clocks

Drag along the band to read any hour in every place at once.

Cape Town 10:17 10:17 AM Catania 09:17 9:17 AM
Cape Town 10:17 10:17 AM Catania 09:17 9:17 AM You –:–
🇿🇦 Cape Town

10:17 10:17 AM

South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2

☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19

🇮🇹 Catania

09:17 9:17 AM

Central European Standard Time · UTC+1

☀️ 06:30 · 🌙 16:58

⇄ Difference

−1 h

Catania is 1 h behind Cape Town.

When you, Cape Town and Catania 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
🇮🇹 Catania
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 22 10 PM
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  • Both working
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Time zones side by side

Detail 🇿🇦 Cape Town 🇮🇹 Catania
Local time 10:17 09:17
Local date Friday, November 6, 2026 Friday, November 6, 2026
Time zone South Africa Standard Time Central European Standard Time
UTC offset UTC+2 UTC+1
Offset from Cape Town — −1 h
IANA zone Africa/Johannesburg Europe/Rome
Daylight saving Not observed On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00
Sunrise 05:42 06:30
Sunset 19:19 16:58
Daylight 13 h 37 min 10 h 28 min
People on this clock 3,740,026 298,037

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Cape Town and Catania: common questions

What is the time difference between Cape Town and Catania?
Catania is 1 hour behind: it uses UTC+1, while Cape Town is on UTC+2.
What time is it in Catania when it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town?
When it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, it is 8:00 AM in Catania.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Catania?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Catania show 5:00 PM.
When is a good time to call Catania from Cape Town?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Catania – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it still the previous day in Catania?
Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Catania. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Catania it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Catania the same all year?
No. Only Catania switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Catania and Cape Town will have the same time.
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