Cape Town to Cesena: time difference

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

🇮🇹 Cesena, Italy

15

6:54 PM · Thursday, November 5, 2026

  • Central European Standard Time
  • UTC+1
  • Night

☀️ 06:53 · 🌙 16:57 · 10 h 4 min

−1 h

One day, 2 clocks

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

Cape Town 19:54 7:54 PM Cesena 18:54 6:54 PM
Cape Town 19:54 7:54 PM Cesena 18:54 6:54 PM You –:–
🇿🇦 Cape Town

19:54 7:54 PM

South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2

☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18

🇮🇹 Cesena

18:54 6:54 PM

Central European Standard Time · UTC+1

☀️ 06:53 · 🌙 16:57

⇄ Difference

−1 h

Cesena is 1 h behind Cape Town.

When you, Cape Town and Cesena 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
🇮🇹 Cesena
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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Time zones side by side

Detail 🇿🇦 Cape Town 🇮🇹 Cesena
Local time 19:54 18:54
Local date Thursday, November 5, 2026 Thursday, November 5, 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 05:43 06:53
Sunset 19:18 16:57
Daylight 13 h 35 min 10 h 4 min
People on this clock 3,740,026 96,758

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Cape Town and Cesena: common questions

How many hours behind Cape Town is Cesena?
The clocks in Cesena are 1 hour behind those in Cape Town (UTC+1 and UTC+2).
If it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, what time is it in Cesena?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Cesena show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Cesena at the end of the working day in Cape Town?
The working day in Cape Town ends at 6:00 PM; in Cesena it is 5:00 PM at that moment.
Is there a time when both Cape Town and Cesena are at work?
Yes: from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Cesena), the working days (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap.
Until what time in Cape Town is it still yesterday in Cesena?
Before 1:00 AM in Cape Town, the date in Cesena has not changed yet. From 11:00 PM in Cesena, it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Does the time gap between Cape Town and Cesena change during the year?
Yes – daylight saving time is used in Cesena but not in Cape Town. From March 28, 2027, Cesena and Cape Town will have the same time.
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