Cartagena to Cape Town: time difference
Cape Town is 1 h ahead of Cartagena. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
39
- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Night
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19 · 13 h 37 min
+1 h
Your time
One day, 2 clocks
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Cartagena 22:53 10:53 PM Cape Town 23:53 11:53 PM You –:–
22:53 10:53 PM
Central European Standard Time · UTC+1
☀️ 07:35 · 🌙 18:02
23:53 11:53 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:42 · 🌙 19:19
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+1 h
Cape Town is 1 h ahead of Cartagena.
When you, Cartagena and Cape Town are all at the desk
Pick the working hours below – the window every location shares appears once your time zone is known.
Working hours
🇪🇸 Cartagena
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
🇿🇦 Cape Town
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 0 12 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇪🇸 Cartagena | 🇿🇦 Cape Town |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 22:53 | 23:53 |
| Local date | Friday, November 6, 2026 | Friday, November 6, 2026 |
| Time zone | Central European Standard Time | South Africa Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+1 | UTC+2 |
| Offset from Cartagena | — | +1 h |
| IANA zone | Europe/Madrid | Africa/Johannesburg |
| Daylight saving | On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00 | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 07:35 | 05:42 |
| Sunset | 18:02 | 19:19 |
| Daylight | 10 h 27 min | 13 h 37 min |
| People on this clock | 218,050 | 3,740,026 |
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Cartagena and Cape Town: common questions
What is the time difference between Cartagena and Cape Town?
Cape Town is 1 hour ahead: it uses UTC+2, while Cartagena is on UTC+1.
If it is 9:00 AM in Cartagena, what time is it in Cape Town?
At 9:00 AM in Cartagena, clocks in Cape Town show 10:00 AM.
If it is 6:00 PM in Cartagena, what time is it in Cape Town?
At 6:00 PM in Cartagena, clocks in Cape Town show 7:00 PM.
When is a good time to call Cape Town from Cartagena?
Between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM in Cartagena – that is 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
From what time in Cartagena is it tomorrow in Cape Town?
Once it is 11:00 PM in Cartagena, the date in Cape Town has already changed. Until 1:00 AM in Cape Town, it is still the previous day in Cartagena.
Is the time difference between Cartagena and Cape Town the same all year?
No. Only Cartagena switches to summer time, so the gap changes twice a year. From March 28, 2027, Cape Town and Cartagena will have the same time.
