🇿🇦 Richards Bay, South Africa
53
- South Africa Standard Time
- UTC+2
- Daytime
☀️ 05:13 · 🌙 18:03 · 12 h 50 min
Richards Bay to Bucharest: time difference
Bucharest is 1 h ahead of Richards Bay. Live clocks for both, the working hours they share, and how each one sits against your own time.
🇷🇴 Bucharest, Romania
53
- Eastern European Summer Time
- UTC+3
- Daytime
☀️ 07:35 · 🌙 18:28 · 10 h 54 min
+1 h
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Richards Bay 08:51 8:51 AM Bucharest 09:51 9:51 AM You –:–
08:51 8:51 AM
South Africa Standard Time · UTC+2
☀️ 05:13 · 🌙 18:03
09:51 9:51 AM
Eastern European Summer Time · UTC+3
☀️ 07:35 · 🌙 18:28
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+1 h
Bucharest is 1 h ahead of Richards Bay.
When you, Richards Bay and Bucharest are all at the desk
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Working hours
🇿🇦 Richards Bay
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🇷🇴 Bucharest
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Time zones side by side
| Detail | 🇿🇦 Richards Bay | 🇷🇴 Bucharest |
|---|---|---|
| Local time | 08:51 | 09:51 |
| Local date | Sunday, October 18, 2026 | Sunday, October 18, 2026 |
| Time zone | South Africa Standard Time | Eastern European Summer Time |
| UTC offset | UTC+2 | UTC+3 |
| Offset from Richards Bay | — | +1 h |
| IANA zone | Africa/Johannesburg | Europe/Bucharest |
| Daylight saving | Not observed | On summer time → UTC+2, Oct 25, 03:00 |
| Sunrise | 05:13 | 07:35 |
| Sunset | 18:03 | 18:28 |
| Daylight | 12 h 50 min | 10 h 54 min |
| People on this clock | 57,387 | 1,883,425 |
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Richards Bay and Bucharest: common questions
How many hours ahead of Richards Bay is Bucharest?
The clocks in Bucharest are 1 hour ahead of those in Richards Bay (UTC+3 and UTC+2).
If it is 9:00 AM in Richards Bay, what time is it in Bucharest?
At 9:00 AM in Richards Bay, clocks in Bucharest show 10:00 AM.
What time is it in Bucharest at the end of the working day in Richards Bay?
The working day in Richards Bay ends at 6:00 PM; in Bucharest it is 7:00 PM at that moment.
When is a good time to call Bucharest from Richards Bay?
Between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM in Richards Bay – that is 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM in Bucharest – both places are within working hours (9:00 AM–6:00 PM).
When is it already the next day in Bucharest?
From 11:00 PM in Richards Bay it is already the next day in Bucharest. The other way round, until 1:00 AM in Bucharest it is still the previous day in Richards Bay.
Does the time difference between Richards Bay and Bucharest change?
Yes. The clocks change only in Bucharest. From October 25, 2026, Bucharest and Richards Bay will have the same time.
