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Fernie, Südafrika
12:19:41 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg

Fernie, British Columbia
City in British Columbia, Canada
Aktuelle Ortszeit
12:19:41 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zeitzone
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Nächster Feiertag
Workers' Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Fernie right now
Nächster Flughafen
JNB
O.R. Tambo International Airport · 255 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Curated airport references available for Südafrika
Snapshot at render time: 12:19:41 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Fernie (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
20°C, Clear sky
Feels like 20°C · Humidity 60% · Wind 11 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:20 AM to 05:27 PM
Day length 11h 7m · Solar noon 11:54 AM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Fernie local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techDienstag, 12. Mai 2026
12 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalFreitag, 15. Mai 2026
15 days to go
Gemini 3 Ultra Launch (estimated window)
keynoteFreitag, 15. Mai 2026
15 days to go
WHO Pandemic Agreement — Adoption at 79th WHA
politicalMontag, 18. Mai 2026
18 days to go
Forza Horizon 6
release-gameDienstag, 19. Mai 2026
19 days to go
Google I/O 2026
keynoteDienstag, 19. Mai 2026
19 days to go
Population
15.7K
Coordinates
-26.39, 30.79
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
For Südafrika, Fernie (rank #295 by population in this dataset) reads SAST, UTC+02:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Johannesburg, and the city's roughly 15.7K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
Fernie sits at 26.39°S, 30.79°E; that's the subtropics (Southern Hemisphere, ~2929 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:20 AM and sets around 05:27 PM in Fernie — about 11h 7m of daylight. Südafrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Empuluzu (10 km from Fernie) 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 Fernie.
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 Fernie.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:19 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:19 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:19 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:19 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:19 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:19 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:19 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:19 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Fernie liegt in der Zeitzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +02:00.
Fernie beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Fernie ist UTC+02:00.
Fernie sits at 26.39°S, 30.79°E in Südafrika, with about 15.7K residents (rank #295 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Fernie is Dubai, about 6,310 km away as the crow flies.
Empuluzu is the closest indexed city, roughly 10 km from Fernie.
O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) is the closest curated airport reference, about 255 km from Fernie.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Südafrika, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
Fernie is a city in the Elk Valley area of the East Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located on BC Highway 3 on the western approaches to the Crowsnest Pass through the Rocky Mountains. Founded in 1898 and incorporated as the City of Fernie in July 1904, the municipality has a population of over 5,000 with an additional 2,000 outside city limits in communities under the jurisdiction of the Regional District of East Kootenay. A substantial seasonal population swells the city during the winter months.
Reading Fernie against the global hubs: Dubai (~6,310 km), São Paulo (~7,686 km), Singapore (~8,392 km) are the close ones, with Los Angeles (~16,933 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Fernie sits inside Südafrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
The closest mapped neighbors of Fernie are Empuluzu (10 km), Redhill (15 km), Mbabane (35 km), Lukwatini (37 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Fernie: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Südafrika.
Closest curated airport references from Fernie: JNB Johannesburg (255 km), HLA Johannesburg (290 km), PTG Polokwane (313 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 255 km from Fernie
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 5m
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 290 km from Fernie
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 7m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 313 km from Fernie
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 9m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 360 km from Fernie
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 13m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 534 km from Fernie
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 26m
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
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now