🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19 · 13 h 37 min
Cape Town to Sion: time difference
Sion 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 03:52 3:52 AM Sion 02:52 2:52 AM You –:–
03:52 3:52 AM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19
02:52 2:52 AM
Central European Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:19 · 🌙 17:11
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−1 h
Sion is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Sion 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
🇨🇭 Sion
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 | 🇨🇭 Sion |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 03:52 | 02:52 |
| 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/Zurich |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:42 | 07:19 |
| Sunset | 19:19 | 17:11 |
| Daylight | 13 h 37 min | 9 h 52 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 34,599 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Big time differences
Cape Town and Sion: common questions
How many hours behind Cape Town is Sion?
The clocks in Sion are 1 hour behind those in Cape Town (UTC+1 and UTC+2).
What time is it in Sion at the start of the working day in Cape Town?
The working day in Cape Town starts at 9:00 AM; in Sion it is 8:00 AM at that moment.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Sion?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Sion show 5:00 PM.
When do working hours in Cape Town and in Sion 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 Sion.
When is it still the previous day in Sion?
Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Sion. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Sion it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Sion the same all year?
No. Only Sion switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Sion and Cape Town will have the same time.
