🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
08
- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 05:57 · 🌙 19:06 · 13 h 8 min
Cape Town to Kirkwall: time difference
Kirkwall 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 20:33 8:33 PM Kirkwall 19:33 7:33 PM You –:–
20:33 8:33 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:57 · 🌙 19:06
19:33 7:33 PM
British Summer Time · UTC+1
☀️ 08:05 · 🌙 17:49
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−1 h
Kirkwall is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Kirkwall 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
🇬🇧 Kirkwall
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 | 🇬🇧 Kirkwall |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 20:33 | 19:33 |
| Local date | Thursday, October 22, 2026 | Thursday, October 22, 2026 |
| Time zone | South Africa Standard Time | British Summer Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC+1 |
| Offset from Cape Town | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | Africa/Johannesburg | Europe/London |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC+0, Oct 25, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:57 | 08:05 |
| Sunset | 19:06 | 17:49 |
| Daylight | 13 h 8 min | 9 h 43 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 7,500 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Big time differences
Cape Town and Kirkwall: common questions
How far behind Cape Town is Kirkwall?
Kirkwall is 1 hour behind Cape Town: UTC+1 against UTC+2.
What time is it in Kirkwall when it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town?
When it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, it is 8:00 AM in Kirkwall.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Kirkwall?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Kirkwall show 5:00 PM.
Is there a time when both Cape Town and Kirkwall are at work?
Yes: from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Kirkwall), the working days (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap.
When is it still the previous day in Kirkwall?
Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Kirkwall. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Kirkwall it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Kirkwall the same all year?
No. Only Kirkwall switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From October 25, 2026, Kirkwall will be 2 hours behind Cape Town.
