Cape Town to Roquetas de Mar: time difference

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

−1 h

One day, 2 clocks

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Cape Town 21:54 9:54 PM Roquetas de Mar 20:54 8:54 PM
Cape Town 21:54 9:54 PM Roquetas de Mar 20:54 8:54 PM You –:–
🇿🇦 Cape Town

21:54 9:54 PM

South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2

☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19

🇪🇸 Roquetas de Mar

20:54 8:54 PM

Central European Standard Time · UTC+1

☀️ 07:40 · 🌙 18:10

⇄ Difference

−1 h

Roquetas de Mar is 1 h behind Cape Town.

When you, Cape Town and Roquetas de Mar 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
🇪🇸 Roquetas de Mar
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 🇪🇸 Roquetas de Mar
Local time 21:54 20:54
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/Madrid
Daylight saving Not observed On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00
Sunrise 05:42 07:40
Sunset 19:19 18:10
Daylight 13 h 37 min 10 h 30 min
People on this clock 3,740,026 106,510

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Cape Town and Roquetas de Mar: common questions

How many hours behind Cape Town is Roquetas de Mar?
The clocks in Roquetas de Mar 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 Roquetas de Mar?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Roquetas de Mar show 8:00 AM.
What time is it in Roquetas de Mar at the end of the working day in Cape Town?
The working day in Cape Town ends at 6:00 PM; in Roquetas de Mar it is 5:00 PM at that moment.
When is a good time to call Roquetas de Mar from Cape Town?
Between 10:00 AM and 6:00 PM in Cape Town – that is 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM in Roquetas de Mar – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When does the date change in Roquetas de Mar compared with Cape Town?
The new day starts in Roquetas de Mar later: until 1:00 AM in Cape Town, it is still the previous day there. From 11:00 PM in Roquetas de Mar, Cape Town is already on the next day.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Roquetas de Mar the same all year?
No. Only Roquetas de Mar switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Roquetas de Mar and Cape Town will have the same time.
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