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George, Südafrika
12:06:43 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
George, South Africa
City in Western Cape, South Africa
Aktuelle Ortszeit
12:06:43 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 George right now
Nächster Flughafen
PLZ
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport · 291 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Curated airport references available for Südafrika
Snapshot at render time: 12:06:43 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in George (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
17°C, Overcast
Feels like 16°C · Humidity 71% · Wind 9 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
07:04 AM to 05:50 PM
Day length 10h 46m · Solar noon 12:27 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for George local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Grand Theft Auto VI Release
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27 days to go
Eid al-Adha 2026
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Blue Moon — May 31, 2026 (Monthly)
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31 days to go
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31 days to go
House Oversight Luna Task Force UAP Video Release
declassificationMontag, 1. Juni 2026
32 days to go
Population
188.6K
Coordinates
-33.96, 22.46
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
For Südafrika, George (rank #38 by population in this dataset) reads SAST, UTC+02:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Johannesburg, and the city's roughly 188.6K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
George sits at 33.96°S, 22.46°E; that's the subtropics (Southern Hemisphere, ~3770 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 07:04 AM and sets around 05:50 PM in George — about 10h 46m of daylight. Südafrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Groot-Brakrivier (24 km from George) 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 George.
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 George.
George is a city in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre, as well as the administrative and commercial hub and the seat of the Garden Route District Municipality. It is named after the British Monarch George III.
Reading George against the global hubs: São Paulo (~6,712 km), Dubai (~7,436 km), Singapore (~9,296 km) are the close ones, with Los Angeles (~16,416 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
George sits inside Südafrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
The closest mapped neighbors of George are Groot-Brakrivier (24 km), Mossel Bay (38 km), Dysselsdorp (43 km), Oudtshoorn (47 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around George: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Südafrika.
Closest curated airport references from George: PLZ Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) (291 km), CPT Cape Town (356 km), ELS East London (508 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 291 km from George
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 7m
Cape Town International AirportCPT
Cape Town · 356 km from George
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 12m
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 508 km from George
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 24m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 652 km from George
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 35m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 950 km from George
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 58m
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
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:06 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:06 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:06 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:06 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:06 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:06 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:06 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:06 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 291 km away
Cape Town International AirportCPT
Cape Town · 356 km away
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 508 km away
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 652 km away
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 950 km away
Groot-Brakrivier
Südafrika
Approx. 24 km away
Mossel Bay
Südafrika
Approx. 38 km away
Dysselsdorp
Südafrika
Approx. 43 km away
Oudtshoorn
Südafrika
Approx. 47 km away
Knysna
Südafrika
Approx. 55 km away
Plettenberg Bay
Südafrika
Approx. 84 km away
Riversdale
Südafrika
Approx. 112 km away
Beaufort West
Südafrika
Approx. 179 km away
George liegt in der Zeitzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +02:00.
George beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für George ist UTC+02:00.
George sits at 33.96°S, 22.46°E in Südafrika, with about 188.6K residents (rank #38 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to George is São Paulo, about 6,712 km away as the crow flies.
Groot-Brakrivier is the closest indexed city, roughly 24 km from George.
Chief Dawid Stuurman International Airport (PLZ) is the closest curated airport reference, about 291 km from George.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Südafrika, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
