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Kokstad, Südafrika
12:25:59 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Kokstad
Town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Aktuelle Ortszeit
12:25:59 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 Kokstad right now
Nächster Flughafen
DUR
King Shaka International Airport · 193 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Curated airport references available for Südafrika
Snapshot at render time: 12:25:59 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Kokstad (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
14°C, Heavy drizzle
Feels like 12°C · Humidity 82% · Wind 16 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:31 AM to 05:27 PM
Day length 10h 56m · Solar noon 11:59 AM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Kokstad local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Sabarimala 9-Judge Constitutional Bench Verdict
judicialMontag, 15. Juni 2026
46 days to go
House of the Dragon Season 3
release-tvMontag, 15. Juni 2026
46 days to go
The Beatles - Anthology 4 (Continued Rollout)
release-albumMontag, 15. Juni 2026
46 days to go
GPT-6 Launch (estimated window)
keynoteMontag, 15. Juni 2026
46 days to go
Islamic New Year (Muharram) 2026
festival-islamicDienstag, 16. Juni 2026
47 days to go
Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening Ceremony
cultureDonnerstag, 18. Juni 2026
49 days to go
Population
61.8K
Coordinates
-30.55, 29.42
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
For Südafrika, Kokstad (rank #110 by population in this dataset) reads SAST, UTC+02:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Johannesburg, and the city's roughly 61.8K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
The coordinates 30.55°S, 29.42°E put Kokstad roughly 3391 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 05:27 PM in Kokstad — about 10h 56m of daylight. Südafrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Clydesdale (56 km from Kokstad) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Südafrika.
Kokstad 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 Kokstad.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:25 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:25 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:25 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:25 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:25 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:25 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:25 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:25 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 193 km away
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 315 km away
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 342 km away
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 503 km away
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 524 km away
Kokstad liegt in der Zeitzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +02:00.
Kokstad beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Kokstad ist UTC+02:00.
Kokstad sits at 30.55°S, 29.42°E in Südafrika, with about 61.8K residents (rank #110 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Kokstad is Dubai, about 6,783 km away as the crow flies.
Clydesdale is the closest indexed city, roughly 56 km from Kokstad.
King Shaka International Airport (DUR) is the closest curated airport reference, about 193 km from Kokstad.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Südafrika, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
Kokstad is a town in the Harry Gwala District Municipality of the KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Kokstad is named after the Griqua chief Adam Kok III who settled here in 1863. Kokstad is the capital town of the East Griqualand region, as it is also the biggest town in this region. It was built around Mount Currie, a local mountain range, by the town’s founder Adam Kok III, for whom the town is named. Stad is the Dutch and Afrikaans word for "city".
Distance-wise, Kokstad is closest to Dubai (~6,783 km), São Paulo (~7,432 km), Singapore (~8,597 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 16,964 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Kokstad sits inside Südafrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Around Kokstad, the nearest mapped reference cities are Clydesdale (56 km), Qacha’s Nek (85 km), Tlokoeng (89 km), Ga-Malakhe (92 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for SAST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Kokstad: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Südafrika.
Closest curated airport references from Kokstad: DUR Durban (193 km), ELS East London (315 km), BFN Bloemfontein (342 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 193 km from Kokstad
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 0m
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 315 km from Kokstad
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 9m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 342 km from Kokstad
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 11m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 503 km from Kokstad
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 24m
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 524 km from Kokstad
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 25m
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
