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Live local time
Midrand, Südafrika
06:41:04 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Aktuelle Ortszeit
06:41:04 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 Midrand right now
Nächster Flughafen
HLA
Lanseria International Airport · 20 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Curated airport references available for Südafrika
Snapshot at render time: 06:41:04 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Midrand (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
15°C, Overcast
Feels like 15°C · Humidity 88% · Wind 11 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:30 AM to 05:38 PM
Day length 11h 8m · Solar noon 12:04 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Midrand local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Forza Horizon 6
release-gameDienstag, 19. Mai 2026
19 days to go
Google I/O 2026
keynoteDienstag, 19. Mai 2026
19 days to go
Code with Claude London 2026
keynoteDienstag, 19. Mai 2026
19 days to go
Manipur Violence Commission of Inquiry Report
inquiryMittwoch, 20. Mai 2026
20 days to go
Cum-Ex Trial Begins (Bonn, Germany)
judicialDonnerstag, 21. Mai 2026
21 days to go
The Mandalorian and Grogu (Theatrical Release)
release-movieFreitag, 22. Mai 2026
22 days to go
Population
87.4K
Coordinates
-25.98, 28.12
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Midrand (rank #85 by population in this dataset) sits at Africa/Johannesburg (SAST, UTC+02:00) with roughly 87.4K residents, anchoring local-time questions for Südafrika.
The coordinates 25.98°S, 28.12°E put Midrand roughly 2883 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 06:30 AM and sets around 05:38 PM in Midrand — about 11h 8m of daylight. Südafrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Ivory Park (8 km from Midrand) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Südafrika.
Midrand 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 Midrand.
Midrand is the curated reference for this corner of Südafrika on WorldClockTools — the page focuses on what changes day-to-day rather than restating a generic clock.
Distance-wise, Midrand is closest to Dubai (~6,394 km), São Paulo (~7,443 km), Singapore (~8,649 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 16,671 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Midrand sits inside Südafrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Around Midrand, the nearest mapped reference cities are Ivory Park (8 km), Midstream (10 km), Thembisa (11 km), Diepsloot (12 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for SAST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Midrand: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Südafrika.
Closest curated airport references from Midrand: HLA Johannesburg (20 km), JNB Johannesburg (22 km), PTG Polokwane (273 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 20 km from Midrand
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 22 km from Midrand
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 273 km from Midrand
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 6m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 390 km from Midrand
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 15m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 501 km from Midrand
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
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 05:41 AM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 12:41 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 09:41 PM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 08:41 AM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 12:41 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 01:41 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 02:41 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 01:41 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Midrand liegt in der Zeitzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +02:00.
Midrand beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Midrand ist UTC+02:00.
Midrand sits at 25.98°S, 28.12°E in Südafrika, with about 87.4K residents (rank #85 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Midrand is Dubai, about 6,394 km away as the crow flies.
Ivory Park is the closest indexed city, roughly 8 km from Midrand.
Lanseria International Airport (HLA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 20 km from Midrand.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Südafrika, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
