🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18 · 13 h 35 min
Cape Town to Skien: time difference
Skien is 1 h behind Cape Town. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cape Town 20:46 8:46 PM Skien 19:46 7:46 PM You –:–
20:46 8:46 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18
19:46 7:46 PM
Central European Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:51 · 🌙 16:22
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−1 h
Skien is 1 h behind Cape Town.
When you, Cape Town and Skien 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
🇳🇴 Skien
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 | 🇳🇴 Skien |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 20:46 | 19:46 |
| Local date | Thursday, November 5, 2026 | Thursday, November 5, 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/Oslo |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:43 | 07:51 |
| Sunset | 19:18 | 16:22 |
| Daylight | 13 h 35 min | 8 h 31 min |
| People on this clock | 3,740,026 | 56,769 |
Compare Cape Town with another city
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Big time differences
Cape Town and Skien: common questions
What is the time difference between Cape Town and Skien?
Skien is 1 hour behind: it uses UTC+1, while Cape Town is on UTC+2.
If it is 9:00 AM in Cape Town, what time is it in Skien?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Skien show 8:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Skien?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Skien show 5:00 PM.
When do working hours in Cape Town and in Skien 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 Skien.
When is it still the previous day in Skien?
Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Skien. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Skien it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Is the time difference between Cape Town and Skien the same all year?
No. Only Skien switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Skien and Cape Town will have the same time.
