🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 06:00 · 🌙 19:04 · 13 h 4 min
Cape Town to Rio Tinto: time difference
Rio Tinto 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 00:21 12:21 AM Rio Tinto 23:21 11:21 PM You –:–
00:21 12:21 AM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 06:00 · 🌙 19:04
23:21 11:21 PM
Western European Summer Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:52 · 🌙 18:48
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−1 h
Rio Tinto is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Rio Tinto 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
🇵🇹 Rio Tinto
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 | 🇵🇹 Rio Tinto |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 00:21 | 23:21 |
| Local date | Wednesday, October 21, 2026 | Tuesday, October 20, 2026 |
| Time zone | South Africa Standard Time | Western European Summer Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC+1 |
| Offset from Cape Town | — | −1 h |
| IANA zone | Africa/Johannesburg | Europe/Lisbon |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC+0, Oct 25, 01:00 |
| Sunrise | 06:00 | 07:52 |
| Sunset | 19:04 | 18:48 |
| Daylight | 13 h 4 min | 10 h 56 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 51,086 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Cape Town and Rio Tinto: common questions
How many hours behind Cape Town is Rio Tinto?
The clocks in Rio Tinto are 1 hour behind those in Cape Town (UTC+1 and UTC+2).
If it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, what time is it in Rio Tinto?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Rio Tinto show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Rio Tinto when it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town?
When it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, it is 5:00 PM in Rio Tinto.
When do working hours in Cape Town and in Rio Tinto 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 Rio Tinto.
When is it still the previous day in Rio Tinto?
Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Rio Tinto. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Rio Tinto it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Does the time difference between Cape Town and Rio Tinto change?
Yes. The clocks change only in Rio Tinto. From October 25, 2026, Rio Tinto will be 2 hours behind Cape Town.
