Palermo to Cape Town: time difference
Cape Town is 5 h ahead of Palermo. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa
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- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Twilight
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18 · 13 h 35 min
+5 h
Your time
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Palermo 14:48 2:48 PM Cape Town 19:48 7:48 PM You –:–
14:48 2:48 PM
Argentina Standard Time · UTC-3
☀️ 05:49 · 🌙 19:27
19:48 7:48 PM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:43 · 🌙 19:18
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+5 h
Cape Town is 5 h ahead of Palermo.
When you, Palermo 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
🇦🇷 Palermo
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
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 1 1 AM 2 2 AM 3 3 AM 4 4 AM
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇦🇷 Palermo | 🇿🇦 Cape Town |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 14:48 | 19:48 |
| Local date | Thursday, November 5, 2026 | Thursday, November 5, 2026 |
| Time zone | Argentina Standard Time | South Africa Standard Time |
| UTC offset | UTC-3 | UTC+2 |
| Offset from Palermo | — | +5 h |
| IANA zone | America/Argentina/Buenos Aires | Africa/Johannesburg |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | Not observed |
| Sunrise | 05:49 | 05:43 |
| Sunset | 19:27 | 19:18 |
| Daylight | 13 h 38 min | 13 h 35 min |
| People on this clock | 57,000 | 3,740,026 |
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Palermo and Cape Town: common questions
How many hours ahead of Palermo is Cape Town?
The clocks in Cape Town are 5 hours ahead of those in Palermo (UTC+2 and UTC−3).
If it is 9:00 AM in Palermo, what time is it in Cape Town?
At 9:00 AM in Palermo, clocks in Cape Town show 2:00 PM.
What time is it in Cape Town at the end of the working day in Palermo?
The working day in Palermo ends at 6:00 PM; in Cape Town it is 11:00 PM at that moment.
When do working hours in Palermo and in Cape Town overlap?
Working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM) overlap from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM in Palermo, which is 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM in Cape Town.
When does the date change in Cape Town compared with Palermo?
The new day starts in Cape Town earlier: at 7:00 PM in Palermo it is already midnight there. Until 5:00 AM in Cape Town, Palermo is still on the previous day.
Is the time difference between Palermo and Cape Town the same all year?
Yes. Neither Palermo nor Cape Town switches to summer time, so the gap is always 5 hours.
