🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18 · 13 h 35 min
Cape Town to Malaga: time difference
Malaga is 1 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
−1 h
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cape Town 00:05 12:05 AM Malaga 23:05 11:05 PM You –:–
00:05 12:05 AM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18
23:05 11:05 PM
Central European Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:46 · 🌙 18:18
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−1 h
Malaga is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Malaga 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
🇪🇸 Malaga
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 | 🇪🇸 Malaga |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 00:05 | 23:05 |
| 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/Madrid |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:43 | 07:46 |
| Sunset | 19:18 | 18:18 |
| Daylight | 13 h 35 min | 10 h 32 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 586,384 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
More comparisons with Cape Town: the time zones next to it and the far side of the clock.
Big time differences
Cape Town and Malaga: common questions
How many hours behind Cape Town is Malaga?
The clocks in Malaga are 1 hour behind those in Cape Town (UTC+1 and UTC+2).
If it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, what time is it in Malaga?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Malaga show 8:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Malaga?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Malaga show 5:00 PM.
Is there a time when both Cape Town and Malaga are at work?
Yes: from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Malaga), the working days (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap.
Until what time in Cape Town is it still yesterday in Malaga?
Before 1:00 AM in Cape Town, the date in Malaga has not changed yet. From 11:00 PM in Malaga, it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Malaga the same all year?
No. Only Malaga switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Malaga and Cape Town will have the same time.
