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Mthatha, Südafrika
03:09:51 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Aktuelle Ortszeit
03:09:51 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zeitzone
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Nächster Feiertag
Workers' Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Geschäftsüberschneidung jetzt
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Mthatha right now
Nächster Flughafen
ELS
King Phalo Airport · 184 km
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Curated airport references available for Südafrika
Snapshot at render time: 03:09:51 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Mthatha (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
19°C, Overcast
Feels like 19°C · Humidity 58% · Wind 3 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:35 AM to 05:28 PM
Day length 10h 53m · Solar noon 12:02 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
Freitag, 1. Mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Mthatha 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
164.8K
Coordinates
-31.59, 28.78
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Indexierte Flughäfen
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Mthatha (rank #44 by population in this dataset) sits at Africa/Johannesburg (SAST, UTC+02:00) with roughly 164.8K residents, anchoring local-time questions for Südafrika.
The coordinates 31.59°S, 28.78°E put Mthatha roughly 3506 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 06:35 AM and sets around 05:28 PM in Mthatha — about 10h 53m of daylight. Südafrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Ugie (68 km from Mthatha) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Südafrika.
Mthatha 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 Mthatha.
Mthatha 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, Mthatha is closest to Dubai (~6,914 km), São Paulo (~7,345 km), Singapore (~8,676 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 16,935 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Mthatha sits inside Südafrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Around Mthatha, the nearest mapped reference cities are Ugie (68 km), Khowa (93 km), Butterworth (102 km), Tlokoeng (103 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for SAST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Mthatha: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Südafrika.
Closest curated airport references from Mthatha: ELS East London (184 km), DUR Durban (313 km), BFN Bloemfontein (366 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 184 km from Mthatha
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 59m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 313 km from Mthatha
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 9m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 366 km from Mthatha
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 13m
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 399 km from Mthatha
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 16m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 608 km from Mthatha
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 32m
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
3 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 02:09 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 09:09 AM | -6h | Good to call now |
| Los Angeles | 06:09 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 05:09 PM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 09:09 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 10:09 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 11:09 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 10:09 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 184 km away
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 313 km away
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 366 km away
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 399 km away
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 608 km away
Mthatha liegt in der Zeitzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), mit einem UTC-Versatz von +02:00.
Mthatha beachtet derzeit nicht die Sommerzeit.
Der aktuelle UTC-Versatz für Mthatha ist UTC+02:00.
Mthatha sits at 31.59°S, 28.78°E in Südafrika, with about 164.8K residents (rank #44 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Mthatha is Dubai, about 6,914 km away as the crow flies.
Ugie is the closest indexed city, roughly 68 km from Mthatha.
King Phalo Airport (ELS) is the closest curated airport reference, about 184 km from Mthatha.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Südafrika, on Freitag, 1. Mai 2026.
