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Brits, Südafrika
07:55:18 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg

Brits, South Africa
Town in North West, South Africa
Aktuelle Ortszeit
07:55:18 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zeitzone
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Nächster Feiertag
Workers' Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Brits right now
Nächster Flughafen
HLA
Lanseria International Airport · 37 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Curated airport references available for Südafrika
Snapshot at render time: 07:55:18 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Brits (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
13°C, Overcast
Feels like 12°C · Humidity 93% · Wind 16 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:31 AM to 05:40 PM
Day length 11h 9m · Solar noon 12:06 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Brits local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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38 days to go
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electionSonntag, 7. Juni 2026
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keynoteSonntag, 7. Juni 2026
38 days to go
Population
122.5K
Coordinates
-25.63, 27.78
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Local time in Brits runs on the SAST, UTC+02:00 clock; with roughly 122.5K residents the city (rank #61 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Südafrika.
The coordinates 25.63°S, 27.78°E put Brits roughly 2845 km from the equator in the subtropics of the Southern Hemisphere, which is why the page expects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:31 AM and sets around 05:40 PM in Brits — about 11h 9m of daylight. Südafrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Hartbeespoort (14 km from Brits) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Südafrika.
Brits planners should mark 2026-05-01 (Workers' Day); that's the next national holiday signal in view.
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 Brits.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 06:55 AM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 01:55 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 10:55 PM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 09:55 AM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 01:55 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 02:55 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 03:55 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 02:55 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Hartbeespoort
Südafrika
Approx. 14 km away
Letlhabile
Südafrika
Approx. 18 km away
Ga-Rankuwa
Südafrika
Approx. 22 km away
Marikana
Südafrika
Approx. 31 km away
Mabopane
Südafrika
Approx. 32 km away
Hartbeestfontein-A
Südafrika
Approx. 35 km away
Soshanguve
Südafrika
Approx. 37 km away
Diepsloot
Südafrika
Approx. 40 km away
Brits liegt in der Zeitzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +02:00.
Brits beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Brits ist UTC+02:00.
Brits sits at 25.63°S, 27.78°E in Südafrika, with about 122.5K residents (rank #61 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Brits is Dubai, about 6,378 km away as the crow flies.
Hartbeespoort is the closest indexed city, roughly 14 km from Brits.
Lanseria International Airport (HLA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 37 km from Brits.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Südafrika, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
Brits is a town in the North West Province of South Africa. It is situated in a fertile citrus, vegetable and grain-producing area that is irrigated by the waters of the Hartbeespoort Dam. It is close to the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, which includes Pretoria, and it has the same dialling code as Pretoria. In addition to being a centre for agriculture, the city is home to several heavy industries.The city also plays an important role in the South African mining industry: 94% of South Africa's platinum comes from the Rustenburg and Brits districts, which together produce more platinum than any other single area in the world. In addition, there is a large vanadium mine in the district.
Distance-wise, Brits is closest to Dubai (~6,378 km), São Paulo (~7,421 km), Singapore (~8,678 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 16,624 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Brits sits inside Südafrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Around Brits, the nearest mapped reference cities are Hartbeespoort (14 km), Letlhabile (18 km), Ga-Rankuwa (22 km), Marikana (31 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for SAST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Brits: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Südafrika.
Closest curated airport references from Brits: HLA Johannesburg (37 km), JNB Johannesburg (73 km), PTG Polokwane (261 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 37 km from Brits
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 73 km from Brits
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 51m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 261 km from Brits
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 5m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 411 km from Brits
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 17m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 551 km from Brits
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 27m
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
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now