🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
04
- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19 · 13 h 37 min
Cape Town to Kista: time difference
Kista 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 21:29 9:29 PM Kista 20:29 8:29 PM You –:–
21:29 9:29 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19
20:29 8:29 PM
Central European Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:20 · 🌙 15:45
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−1 h
Kista is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Kista 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
🇸🇪 Kista
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 | 🇸🇪 Kista |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 21:29 | 20:29 |
| Local date | Friday, November 6, 2026 | Friday, November 6, 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/Stockholm |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:42 | 07:20 |
| Sunset | 19:19 | 15:45 |
| Daylight | 13 h 37 min | 8 h 25 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 10,254 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Big time differences
Cape Town and Kista: common questions
How far behind Cape Town is Kista?
Kista is 1 hour behind Cape Town: UTC+1 against UTC+2.
If it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, what time is it in Kista?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Kista show 8:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Kista?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Kista show 5:00 PM.
When is a good time to call Kista from Cape Town?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Kista – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
Until what time in Cape Town is it still yesterday in Kista?
Before 1:00 AM in Cape Town, the date in Kista has not changed yet. From 11:00 PM in Kista, it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Kista the same all year?
No. Only Kista switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Kista and Cape Town will have the same time.
