🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
01
- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18 · 13 h 35 min
Cape Town to Lucerne: time difference
Lucerne is 1 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
🇨🇭 Lucerne, Switzerland
01
- Central European Standard Time
- UTC+1
- Night
☀️ 07:16 · 🌙 17:07 · 9 h 51 min
−1 h
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cape Town 00:36 12:36 AM Lucerne 23:36 11:36 PM You –:–
00:36 12:36 AM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18
23:36 11:36 PM
Central European Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:16 · 🌙 17:07
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−1 h
Lucerne is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Lucerne 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
🇨🇭 Lucerne
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 | 🇨🇭 Lucerne |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 00:36 | 23:36 |
| Local date | Friday, November 6, 2026 | Thursday, November 5, 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/Zurich |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:43 | 07:16 |
| Sunset | 19:18 | 17:07 |
| Daylight | 13 h 35 min | 9 h 51 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 81,284 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Cape Town and Lucerne: common questions
How far behind Cape Town is Lucerne?
Lucerne 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 Lucerne?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Lucerne show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Lucerne at the end of the working day in Cape Town?
The working day in Cape Town ends at 6:00 PM; in Lucerne it is 5:00 PM at that moment.
When do working hours in Cape Town and in Lucerne overlap?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town, which is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Lucerne.
When does the date change in Lucerne compared with Cape Town?
The new day starts in Lucerne later: until 1:00 AM in Cape Town, it is still the previous day there. From 11:00 PM in Lucerne, Cape Town is already on the next day.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Lucerne the same all year?
No. Only Lucerne switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Lucerne and Cape Town will have the same time.
