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Pretoria, Sudáfrica
05:35:24 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg

Pretoria
Administrative capital of South Africa
Hora local actual
05:35:24 AM
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
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Pretoria right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
HLA
Lanseria International Airport · 34 km
Aeropuertos indexados
8
Curated airport references available for Sudáfrica
Snapshot at render time: 05:35:24 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Pretoria (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
17°C, Partly cloudy
Feels like 16°C · Humidity 82% · 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
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
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Population
2.1M
Coordinates
-25.74, 28.19
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Aeropuertos indexados
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Read time for Pretoria from the Africa/Johannesburg zone (SAST, UTC+02:00); the city carries roughly 2.1M residents and ranks #4 among curated Sudáfrica entries.
The coordinates 25.74°S, 28.19°E put Pretoria roughly 2858 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 Pretoria — about 11h 8m of daylight. Sudáfrica stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Centurion (13 km from Pretoria) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Sudáfrica.
Pretoria 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 Pretoria.
Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to the country.
Distance-wise, Pretoria is closest to Dubai (~6,368 km), São Paulo (~7,457 km), Singapore (~8,639 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 16,667 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Pretoria sits inside Sudáfrica — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Around Pretoria, the nearest mapped reference cities are Centurion (13 km), Midstream (19 km), Ga-Rankuwa (24 km), Midrand (27 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for SAST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Pretoria: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Sudáfrica.
Closest curated airport references from Pretoria: HLA Johannesburg (34 km), JNB Johannesburg (44 km), PTG Polokwane (247 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 34 km from Pretoria
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 44 km from Pretoria
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 247 km from Pretoria
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 4m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 416 km from Pretoria
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 17m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 518 km from Pretoria
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
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 04:35 AM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 11:35 PM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 08:35 PM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 07:35 AM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 11:35 AM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 12:35 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 01:35 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 12:35 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Pretoria está en la zona horaria Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), con un desfase UTC de +02:00.
Pretoria no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Pretoria es UTC+02:00.
Pretoria sits at 25.74°S, 28.19°E in Sudáfrica, with about 2.1M residents (rank #4 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Pretoria is Dubai, about 6,368 km away as the crow flies.
Centurion is the closest indexed city, roughly 13 km from Pretoria.
Lanseria International Airport (HLA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 34 km from Pretoria.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Sudáfrica, on viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026.