🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18 · 13 h 35 min
Cape Town to Cham: time difference
Cham is 1 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
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Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cape Town 20:23 8:23 PM Cham 19:23 7:23 PM You –:–
20:23 8:23 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18
19:23 7:23 PM
Central European Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:15 · 🌙 17:06
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−1 h
Cham is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Cham 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
🇨🇭 Cham
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 | 🇨🇭 Cham |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 20:23 | 19:23 |
| 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/Zurich |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:43 | 07:15 |
| Sunset | 19:18 | 17:06 |
| Daylight | 13 h 35 min | 9 h 50 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 17,060 |
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 Cham: common questions
How many hours behind Cape Town is Cham?
The clocks in Cham 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 Cham?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Cham show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Cham at the end of the working day in Cape Town?
The working day in Cape Town ends at 6:00 PM; in Cham it is 5:00 PM at that moment.
When is a good time to call Cham from Cape Town?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Cham – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it still the previous day in Cham?
Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Cham. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Cham it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Cham the same all year?
No. Only Cham switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Cham and Cape Town will have the same time.
