🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
07
- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18 · 13 h 35 min
Cape Town to Punta del Este: time difference
Punta del Este is 5 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
🇺🇾 Punta del Este, Uruguay
07
- Uruguay Standard Time
- UTC-3
- Golden hour
☀️ 05:35 · 🌙 19:14 · 13 h 39 min
−5 h
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cape Town 23:25 11:25 PM Punta del Este 18:25 6:25 PM You –:–
23:25 11:25 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18
18:25 6:25 PM
Uruguay Standard Time · UTC-3
☀️ 05:35 · 🌙 19:14
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−5 h
Punta del Este is 5 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Punta del Este 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
🇺🇾 Punta del Este
19 7 PM 20 8 PM 21 9 PM 22 10 PM 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
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇿🇦 Cape Town | 🇺🇾 Punta del Este |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 23:25 | 18:25 |
| Local date | Thursday, November 5, 2026 | Thursday, November 5, 2026 |
| Time zone | South Africa Standard Time | Uruguay Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC-3 |
| Offset from Cape Town | — | −5 h |
| IANA zone | Africa/Johannesburg | America/Montevideo |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 05:43 | 05:35 |
| Sunset | 19:18 | 19:14 |
| Daylight | 13 h 35 min | 13 h 39 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 9,300 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Cape Town and Punta del Este: common questions
How many hours behind Cape Town is Punta del Este?
The clocks in Punta del Este are 5 hours behind those in Cape Town (UTC−3 and UTC+2).
If it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, what time is it in Punta del Este?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Punta del Este show 4:00 AM.
What time is it in Punta del Este at the end of the working day in Cape Town?
The working day in Cape Town ends at 6:00 PM; in Punta del Este it is 1:00 PM at that moment.
Is there a time when both Cape Town and Punta del Este are at work?
Yes: from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town (9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Punta del Este), the working days (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap.
When does the date change in Punta del Este compared with Cape Town?
The new day starts in Punta del Este later: until 5:00 AM in Cape Town, it is still the previous day there. From 7:00 PM in Punta del Este, Cape Town is already on the next day.
Does the time gap between Cape Town and Punta del Este change during the year?
No, the clocks change neither in Cape Town nor in Punta del Este, so the gap is 5 hours all year round.
