Cape Town to Stockholm: time difference

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

🇸🇪 Stockholm, Sweden

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4:44 PM · Friday, November 6, 2026

  • Central European Standard Time
  • UTC+1
  • Twilight

☀️ 07:19 · 🌙 15:45 · 8 h 26 min

−1 h

One day, 2 clocks

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Cape Town 17:44 5:44 PM Stockholm 16:44 4:44 PM
Cape Town 17:44 5:44 PM Stockholm 16:44 4:44 PM You –:–
🇿🇦 Cape Town

17:44 5:44 PM

South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2

☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19

🇸🇪 Stockholm

16:44 4:44 PM

Central European Standard Time · UTC+1

☀️ 07:19 · 🌙 15:45

⇄ Difference

−1 h

Stockholm is 1 h behind Cape Town.

When you, Cape Town and Stockholm 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
🇸🇪 Stockholm
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 🇸🇪 Stockholm
Local time 17:44 16:44
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/Stockholm
Daylight saving Not observed On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00
Sunrise 05:42 07:19
Sunset 19:19 15:45
Daylight 13 h 37 min 8 h 26 min
People on this clock 3,740,026 984,748

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Cape Town and Stockholm: common questions

What is the time difference between Cape Town and Stockholm?
Stockholm 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 Stockholm?
At 9:00 AM in Cape Town, clocks in Stockholm show 8:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cape Town, what time is it in Stockholm?
At 6:00 PM in Cape Town, clocks in Stockholm show 5:00 PM.
When do working hours in Cape Town and in Stockholm 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 Stockholm.
When is it still the previous day in Stockholm?
Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Stockholm. The other way round, from 11:00 PM in Stockholm it is already the next day in Cape Town.
Does the time difference between Cape Town and Stockholm change?
Yes. The clocks change only in Stockholm. From March 28, 2027, Stockholm and Cape Town will have the same time.
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