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Bloemfontein, Sudáfrica
04:30:48 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg

Bloemfontein
Judicial capital of South Africa
Hora local actual
04:30:48 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Zona horaria
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Próximo festivo
Workers' Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Solapamiento laboral ahora
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Bloemfontein right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
BFN
Bram Fischer International Airport · 9 km
Aeropuertos indexados
8
Curated airport references available for Sudáfrica
Snapshot at render time: 04:30:48 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Bloemfontein (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
11°C, Drizzle
Feels like 9°C · Humidity 93% · Wind 16 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:42 AM to 05:42 PM
Day length 11h 0m · Solar noon 12:12 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Bloemfontein local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
The Mandalorian and Grogu (Theatrical Release)
release-movieviernes, 22 de mayo de 2026
22 days to go
The Mandalorian and Grogu
release-movieviernes, 22 de mayo de 2026
22 days to go
Pentecost 2026
religiousdomingo, 24 de mayo de 2026
24 days to go
Hajj 2026
religiouslunes, 25 de mayo de 2026
25 days to go
Memorial Day (US) 2026
festival-secularlunes, 25 de mayo de 2026
25 days to go
Grand Theft Auto VI Release
release-gamemartes, 26 de mayo de 2026
26 days to go
Population
556.6K
Coordinates
-29.12, 26.21
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Aeropuertos indexados
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Read time for Bloemfontein from the Africa/Johannesburg zone (SAST, UTC+02:00); the city carries roughly 556.6K residents and ranks #11 among curated Sudáfrica entries.
Bloemfontein sits at 29.12°S, 26.21°E; that's the subtropics (Southern Hemisphere, ~3232 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:42 AM and sets around 05:42 PM in Bloemfontein — about 11h 0m of daylight. Sudáfrica stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Botshabelo (52 km from Bloemfontein) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Sudáfrica.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Workers' Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Bloemfontein.
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 Bloemfontein.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 03:30 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 10:30 AM | -6h | Good to call now |
| Los Angeles | 07:30 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 06:30 PM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 10:30 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 11:30 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 12:30 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 11:30 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
Bloemfontein está en la zona horaria Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), con un desfase UTC de +02:00.
Bloemfontein no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Bloemfontein es UTC+02:00.
Bloemfontein sits at 29.12°S, 26.21°E in Sudáfrica, with about 556.6K residents (rank #11 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Bloemfontein is Dubai, about 6,791 km away as the crow flies.
Botshabelo is the closest indexed city, roughly 52 km from Bloemfontein.
Bram Fischer International Airport (BFN) is the closest curated airport reference, about 9 km from Bloemfontein.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Sudáfrica, on viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026.
Bloemfontein, also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongside the legislative capital Cape Town and administrative capital Pretoria. However, the highest court in South Africa, the Constitutional Court, has been in Johannesburg since 1994.
Reading Bloemfontein against the global hubs: Dubai (~6,791 km), São Paulo (~7,171 km), Singapore (~8,881 km) are the close ones, with Los Angeles (~16,621 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Bloemfontein sits inside Sudáfrica — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
The closest mapped neighbors of Bloemfontein are Botshabelo (52 km), Winnie Mandela (52 km), Thaba Nchu (61 km), Theunissen (92 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Bloemfontein: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Sudáfrica.
Closest curated airport references from Bloemfontein: BFN Bloemfontein (9 km), JNB Johannesburg (387 km), HLA Johannesburg (392 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 9 km from Bloemfontein
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 387 km from Bloemfontein
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 15m
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 392 km from Bloemfontein
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 15m
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 462 km from Bloemfontein
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 21m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 479 km from Bloemfontein
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 22m
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