Cape Town to Medea: time difference
Medea 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
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Cape Town 17:54 5:54 PM Medea 16:54 4:54 PM You –:–
17:54 5:54 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 06:02 · 🌙 19:02
16:54 4:54 PM
Central European Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 06:59 · 🌙 18:11
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−1 h
Medea is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Medea 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
🇩🇿 Medea
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 | 🇩🇿 Medea |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 17:54 | 16:54 |
| Local date | Sunday, October 18, 2026 | Sunday, October 18, 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 | Africa/Algiers |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 06:02 | 06:59 |
| Sunset | 19:02 | 18:11 |
| Daylight | 13 h | 11 h 12 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 138,355 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Cape Town and Medea: common questions
How far behind Cape Town is Medea?
Medea 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 Medea?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Medea show 8:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Medea?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Medea show 5:00 PM.
When is a good time to call Medea from Cape Town?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Medea – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When does the date change in Medea compared with Cape Town?
The new day starts in Medea later: until 1:00 AM in Cape Town, it is still the previous day there. From 11:00 PM in Medea, Cape Town is already on the next day.
Does the time gap between Cape Town and Medea change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Cape Town nor in Medea, so the gap is 1 hour all year round.
