🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Golden hour
☀️ 06:12 · 🌙 18:56 · 12 h 44 min
Cape Town to Madeira: time difference
Madeira is 1 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
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Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cape Town 07:13 7:13 AM Madeira 06:13 6:13 AM You –:–
07:13 7:13 AM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 06:12 · 🌙 18:56
06:13 6:13 AM
Western European Summer Time · UTC+1
☀️ 08:08 · 🌙 19:42
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−1 h
Madeira is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Madeira 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
🇵🇹 Madeira
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 | 🇵🇹 Madeira |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 07:13 | 06:13 |
| Local date | Saturday, October 10, 2026 | Saturday, October 10, 2026 |
| Time zone | South Africa Standard Time | Western European Summer Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC+1 |
| Offset from Cape Town | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | Africa/Johannesburg | Atlantic/Madeira |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC+0, Oct 25, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 06:12 | 08:08 |
| Sunset | 18:56 | 19:42 |
| Daylight | 12 h 44 min | 11 h 34 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 154 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Big time differences
Cape Town and Madeira: common questions
How far behind Cape Town is Madeira?
Madeira 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 Madeira?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Madeira show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Madeira at the end of the working day in Cape Town?
The working day in Cape Town ends at 6:00 PM; in Madeira it is 5:00 PM at that moment.
When is a good time to call Madeira from Cape Town?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Madeira – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When does the date change in Madeira compared with Cape Town?
The new day starts in Madeira later: until 1:00 AM in Cape Town, it is still the previous day there. From 11:00 PM in Madeira, Cape Town is already on the next day.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Madeira the same all year?
No. Only Madeira switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From October 25, 2026, Madeira will be 2 hours behind Cape Town.
