🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
30
- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Daytime
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19 · 13 h 37 min
Cape Town to Lake Balaton: time difference
Lake Balaton is 1 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
🇭🇺 Lake Balaton, Hungary
30
- Central European Standard Time
- UTC+1
- Daytime
☀️ 06:39 · 🌙 16:27 · 9 h 49 min
−1 h
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cape Town 15:39 3:39 PM Lake Balaton 14:39 2:39 PM You –:–
15:39 3:39 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19
14:39 2:39 PM
Central European Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 06:39 · 🌙 16:27
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−1 h
Lake Balaton is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Lake Balaton 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
🇭🇺 Lake Balaton
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 | 🇭🇺 Lake Balaton |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 15:39 | 14:39 |
| 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/Budapest |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:42 | 06:39 |
| Sunset | 19:19 | 16:27 |
| Daylight | 13 h 37 min | 9 h 49 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 275,000 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Cape Town and Lake Balaton: common questions
How many hours behind Cape Town is Lake Balaton?
The clocks in Lake Balaton are 1 hour behind those in Cape Town (UTC+1 and UTC+2).
What time is it in Lake Balaton at the start of the working day in Cape Town?
The working day in Cape Town starts at 9:00 AM; in Lake Balaton it is 8:00 AM at that moment.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Lake Balaton?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Lake Balaton show 5:00 PM.
When is a good time to call Lake Balaton from Cape Town?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Lake Balaton – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When does the date change in Lake Balaton compared with Cape Town?
The new day starts in Lake Balaton later: until 1:00 AM in Cape Town, it is still the previous day there. From 11:00 PM in Lake Balaton, Cape Town is already on the next day.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Lake Balaton the same all year?
No. Only Lake Balaton switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Lake Balaton and Cape Town will have the same time.
