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Bethlehem, Südafrika
03:36:29 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Bethlehem, South Africa
City in Free State, South Africa
Aktuelle Ortszeit
03:36:29 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zeitzone
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Nächster Feiertag
Workers' Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Bethlehem right now
Nächster Flughafen
BFN
Bram Fischer International Airport · 218 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Curated airport references available for Südafrika
Snapshot at render time: 03:36:29 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Bethlehem (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
17°C, Light drizzle
Feels like 14°C · Humidity 64% · Wind 19 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:32 AM to 05:35 PM
Day length 11h 3m · Solar noon 12:04 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Bethlehem local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
WB, Kerala, TN, Assam, Puducherry Assembly Election Counting
electionMontag, 4. Mai 2026
4 days to go
CAA Supreme Court Final Constitutional Hearing
judicialDienstag, 5. Mai 2026
5 days to go
Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 2026 Peak
spaceMittwoch, 6. Mai 2026
6 days to go
Code with Claude San Francisco 2026
keynoteMittwoch, 6. Mai 2026
6 days to go
Mother's Day (US) 2026
festival-secularSonntag, 10. Mai 2026
10 days to go
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techDienstag, 12. Mai 2026
12 days to go
Population
91.1K
Coordinates
-28.23, 28.31
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Read time for Bethlehem from the Africa/Johannesburg zone (SAST, UTC+02:00); the city carries roughly 91.1K residents and ranks #82 among curated Südafrika entries.
Bethlehem sits at 28.23°S, 28.31°E; that's the subtropics (Southern Hemisphere, ~3134 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:32 AM and sets around 05:35 PM in Bethlehem — about 11h 3m of daylight. Südafrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Fouriesburg (44 km from Bethlehem) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Südafrika.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Workers' Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Bethlehem.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Timezone
SAST
IANA Zone
Africa/Johannesburg
UTC Offset
UTC+02:00
DST Status
Standard Time
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Quarter
Q2
Countries at UTC+02:00
Burundi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Sudan, Rwanda, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Other cities in this timezone
London
-1h
New York
-6h
Los Angeles
-9h
Dubai
+2h
Singapore
+6h
Tokyo
+7h
Sydney
+8h
São Paulo
-5h
Year-long daylight curve. Shows how dramatic high-latitude summers are.
Shows whether it's currently business hours (9am to 5pm) in major financial centers, and how many hours they overlap with Bethlehem.
Bethlehem is a city in the eastern Free State province of South Africa that is situated on the Liebenbergs River along a fertile valley just north of the Rooiberg Mountains on the N5 road. It is the fastest growing city in the Free State province, with its target of being the third largest city after Bloemfontein and Welkom.
Reading Bethlehem against the global hubs: Dubai (~6,605 km), São Paulo (~7,394 km), Singapore (~8,665 km) are the close ones, with Los Angeles (~16,782 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Bethlehem sits inside Südafrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
The closest mapped neighbors of Bethlehem are Fouriesburg (44 km), Reitz (49 km), Phuthaditjhaba (60 km), Butha-Buthe (60 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Bethlehem: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Südafrika.
Closest curated airport references from Bethlehem: BFN Bloemfontein (218 km), JNB Johannesburg (233 km), HLA Johannesburg (258 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 218 km from Bethlehem
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 2m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 233 km from Bethlehem
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 3m
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 258 km from Bethlehem
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 5m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 314 km from Bethlehem
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 9m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 501 km from Bethlehem
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 24m
Exchange snapshot
1 ZAR = 0.051 EUR · 1 ZAR = 0.045 GBP · 1 ZAR = 0.060 USD
As of 2026-04-29
On this day
2021: Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2014: A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
2013: Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Coordination pulse
3 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 02:36 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 09:36 AM | -6h | Good to call now |
| Los Angeles | 06:36 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 05:36 PM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 09:36 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 10:36 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 11:36 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 10:36 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
Bethlehem liegt in der Zeitzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +02:00.
Bethlehem beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Bethlehem ist UTC+02:00.
Bethlehem sits at 28.23°S, 28.31°E in Südafrika, with about 91.1K residents (rank #82 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Bethlehem is Dubai, about 6,605 km away as the crow flies.
Fouriesburg is the closest indexed city, roughly 44 km from Bethlehem.
Bram Fischer International Airport (BFN) is the closest curated airport reference, about 218 km from Bethlehem.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Südafrika, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
