🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Daytime
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19 · 13 h 37 min
Cape Town to Palermo: time difference
Palermo 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 15:13 3:13 PM Palermo 14:13 2:13 PM You –:–
15:13 3:13 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19
14:13 2:13 PM
Central European Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 06:38 · 🌙 17:04
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−1 h
Palermo is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Palermo 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
🇮🇹 Palermo
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 | 🇮🇹 Palermo |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 15:13 | 14:13 |
| 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/Rome |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:42 | 06:38 |
| Sunset | 19:19 | 17:04 |
| Daylight | 13 h 37 min | 10 h 26 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 628,165 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Cape Town and Palermo: common questions
How far behind Cape Town is Palermo?
Palermo 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 Palermo?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Palermo show 8:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Palermo?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Palermo show 5:00 PM.
When do working hours in Cape Town and in Palermo 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 Palermo.
When does the date change in Palermo compared with Cape Town?
The new day starts in Palermo later: until 1:00 AM in Cape Town, it is still the previous day there. From 11:00 PM in Palermo, Cape Town is already on the next day.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Palermo the same all year?
No. Only Palermo switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Palermo and Cape Town will have the same time.
