🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Daytime
☀️ 06:03 · 🌙 19:01 · 12 h 58 min
Cape Town to Derry: time difference
Derry is 1 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 15:39 3:39 PM Derry 14:39 2:39 PM You –:–
15:39 3:39 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 06:03 · 🌙 19:01
14:39 2:39 PM
Irish Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 08:03 · 🌙 18:28
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−1 h
Derry is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Derry 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
🇮🇪 Derry
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 | 🇮🇪 Derry |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 15:39 | 14:39 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 17, 2026 | Saturday, October 17, 2026 |
| Time zone | South Africa Standard Time | Irish Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC+1 |
| Offset from Cape Town | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | Africa/Johannesburg | Europe/Dublin |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC+0, Oct 25, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 06:03 | 08:03 |
| Sunset | 19:01 | 18:28 |
| Daylight | 12 h 58 min | 10 h 25 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 85,016 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Big time differences
Cape Town and Derry: common questions
How many hours behind Cape Town is Derry?
The clocks in Derry 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 Derry?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Derry show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Derry when it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town?
When it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, it is 5:00 PM in Derry.
When is a good time to call Derry from Cape Town?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Derry – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it still the previous day in Derry?
Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Derry. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Derry it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Derry the same all year?
No. Only Derry switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From October 25, 2026, Derry will be 2 hours behind Cape Town.
