🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Twilight
☀️ 06:00 · 🌙 19:04 · 13 h 4 min
Cape Town to Retford: time difference
Retford 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 19:50 7:50 PM Retford 18:50 6:50 PM You –:–
19:50 7:50 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 06:00 · 🌙 19:04
18:50 6:50 PM
British Summer Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:40 · 🌙 17:59
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−1 h
Retford is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Retford 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
🇬🇧 Retford
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 | 🇬🇧 Retford |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 19:50 | 18:50 |
| Local date | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Time zone | South Africa Standard Time | British Summer Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC+1 |
| Offset from Cape Town | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | Africa/Johannesburg | Europe/London |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC+0, Oct 25, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 06:00 | 07:40 |
| Sunset | 19:04 | 17:59 |
| Daylight | 13 h 4 min | 10 h 19 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 22,023 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Big time differences
Cape Town and Retford: common questions
What is the time difference between Cape Town and Retford?
Retford is 1 hour behind: it uses UTC+1, while Cape Town is on UTC+2.
What time is it in Retford when it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town?
When it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, it is 8:00 AM in Retford.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Retford?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Retford show 5:00 PM.
When is a good time to call Retford from Cape Town?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Retford – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it still the previous day in Retford?
Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Retford. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Retford it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Retford the same all year?
No. Only Retford switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From October 25, 2026, Retford will be 2 hours behind Cape Town.
