🇿🇦 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 Ethiopia: time difference
Ethiopia is 1 h ahead of 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 09:33 9:33 AM Ethiopia 10:33 10:33 AM You –:–
09:33 9:33 AM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 06:12 · 🌙 18:56
10:33 10:33 AM
East Africa Time · UTC+3
☀️ 06:14 · 🌙 18:12
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+1 h
Ethiopia is 1 h ahead of Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Ethiopia 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
🇪🇹 Ethiopia
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 0 12 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇿🇦 Cape Town | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 09:33 | 10:33 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Saturday, October 10, 2026 |
| Time zone | South Africa Standard Time | East Africa Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC+3 |
| Offset from Cape Town | — | +1 h |
| IANA zone | Africa/Johannesburg | Africa/Addis Ababa |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:12 | 06:14 |
| Sunset | 18:56 | 18:12 |
| Daylight | 12 h 44 min | 11 h 58 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 128,691,692 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Cape Town and Ethiopia: common questions
How far ahead of Cape Town is Ethiopia?
Ethiopia is 1 hour ahead of Cape Town: UTC+3 against UTC+2.
If it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, what time is it in Ethiopia?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Ethiopia show 10:00 AM.
What time is it in Ethiopia at the end of the working day in Cape Town?
The working day in Cape Town ends at 6:00 PM; in Ethiopia it is 7:00 PM at that moment.
When do working hours in Cape Town and in Ethiopia overlap?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Cape Town, which is 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Ethiopia.
When does the date change in Ethiopia compared with Cape Town?
The new day starts in Ethiopia earlier: at 11:00 PM in Cape Town it is already midnight there. Until 1:00 AM in Ethiopia, Cape Town is still on the previous day.
Does the time difference between Cape Town and Ethiopia change?
No. Neither place uses daylight saving time, so the difference stays 1 hour all year.
