Lake Balaton to Cape Town: time difference

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

🇭🇺 Lake Balaton, Hungary

52

7:21 PM · Thursday, November 5, 2026

  • Central European Standard Time
  • UTC+1
  • Night

☀️ 06:37 · 🌙 16:29 · 9 h 52 min

+1 h

One day, 2 clocks

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Lake Balaton 19:21 7:21 PM Cape Town 20:21 8:21 PM
Lake Balaton 19:21 7:21 PM Cape Town 20:21 8:21 PM You –:–
🇭🇺 Lake Balaton

19:21 7:21 PM

Central European Standard Time · UTC+1

☀️ 06:37 · 🌙 16:29

🇿🇦 Cape Town

20:21 8:21 PM

South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2

☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18

⇄ Difference

+1 h

Cape Town is 1 h ahead of Lake Balaton.

When you, Lake Balaton 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
🇭🇺 Lake Balaton
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 🇭🇺 Lake Balaton 🇿🇦 Cape Town
Local time 19:21 20:21
Local date Thursday, November 5, 2026 Thursday, November 5, 2026
Time zone Central European Standard Time South Africa Standard Time
UTC offset UTC+1 UTC+2
Offset from Lake Balaton — +1 h
IANA zone Europe/Budapest Africa/Johannesburg
Daylight saving On standard time → UTC+2, Mar 28, 03:00 Not observed
Sunrise 06:37 05:43
Sunset 16:29 19:18
Daylight 9 h 52 min 13 h 35 min
People on this clock 275,000 3,740,026

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Lake Balaton and Cape Town: common questions

What is the time difference between Lake Balaton and Cape Town?
Cape Town is 1 hour ahead: it uses UTC+2, while Lake Balaton is on UTC+1.
If it is 9:00 AM in Lake Balaton, what time is it in Cape Town?
At 9:00 AM in Lake Balaton, clocks in Cape Town show 10:00 AM.
What time is it in Cape Town when it is 6:00 PM in Lake Balaton?
When it is 6:00 PM in Lake Balaton, it is 7:00 PM in Cape Town.
When is a good time to call Cape Town from Lake Balaton?
Between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM in Lake Balaton – that is 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it already the next day in Cape Town?
From 11:00 PM in Lake Balaton it is already the next day in Cape Town. The other way round, until 1:00 AM in Cape Town it is still the previous day in Lake Balaton.
Does the time gap between Lake Balaton and Cape Town change during the year?
Yes – daylight saving time is used in Lake Balaton but not in Cape Town. From March 28, 2027, Cape Town and Lake Balaton will have the same time.
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