Cape Town to Ostersund: time difference

Ostersund is 1 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.

🇸🇪 Ostersund, Sweden

43

12:38 PM · Friday, November 6, 2026

  • Central European Standard Time
  • UTC+1
  • Golden hour

☀️ 07:54 · 🌙 15:38 · 7 h 44 min

−1 h

One day, 2 clocks

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Cape Town 13:38 1:38 PM Ostersund 12:38 12:38 PM
Cape Town 13:38 1:38 PM Ostersund 12:38 12:38 PM You –:–
🇿🇦 Cape Town

13:38 1:38 PM

South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2

☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19

🇸🇪 Ostersund

12:38 12:38 PM

Central European Standard Time · UTC+1

☀️ 07:54 · 🌙 15:38

⇄ Difference

−1 h

Ostersund is 1 h behind Cape Town.

When you, Cape Town and Ostersund 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
🇸🇪 Ostersund
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 🇸🇪 Ostersund
Local time 13:38 12:38
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/Stockholm
Daylight saving Not observed On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00
Sunrise 05:42 07:54
Sunset 19:19 15:38
Daylight 13 h 37 min 7 h 44 min
People on this clock 3,740,026 44,000

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Cape Town and Ostersund: common questions

How far behind Cape Town is Ostersund?
Ostersund 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 Ostersund?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Ostersund show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Ostersund when it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town?
When it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, it is 5:00 PM in Ostersund.
When is a good time to call Ostersund from Cape Town?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Ostersund – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it still the previous day in Ostersund?
Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Ostersund. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Ostersund it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Ostersund the same all year?
No. Only Ostersund switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Ostersund and Cape Town will have the same time.
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