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Richards Bay, Sudáfrica
10:27:26 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg

Richards Bay
Town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Hora local actual
10:27:26 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
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Richards Bay right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
DUR
King Shaka International Airport · 128 km
Aeropuertos indexados
8
Curated airport references available for Sudáfrica
Snapshot at render time: 10:27:26 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Richards Bay (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
24°C, Mostly clear
Feels like 23°C · Humidity 62% · Wind 19 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:18 AM to 05:19 PM
Day length 11h 1m · Solar noon 11:49 AM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Richards Bay local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
253K
Coordinates
-28.78, 32.04
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Aeropuertos indexados
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
For Sudáfrica, Richards Bay (rank #29 by population in this dataset) reads SAST, UTC+02:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Johannesburg, and the city's roughly 253K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
The coordinates 28.78°S, 32.04°E put Richards Bay roughly 3195 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 06:18 AM and sets around 05:19 PM in Richards Bay — about 11h 1m of daylight. Sudáfrica stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Empangeni (14 km from Richards Bay) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Sudáfrica.
Richards Bay 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 Richards Bay.
Richards Bay is a city in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is situated on a 30-square-kilometre lagoon of the Mhlatuze River, which makes it one of the country's largest harbours. Richards Bay also has the deepest natural harbour on the African continent.
Distance-wise, Richards Bay is closest to Dubai (~6,496 km), São Paulo (~7,728 km), Singapore (~8,315 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 17,145 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Richards Bay sits inside Sudáfrica — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Around Richards Bay, the nearest mapped reference cities are Empangeni (14 km), eSikhaleni (17 km), Mtubatuba (43 km), Eshowe (56 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for SAST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Richards Bay: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Sudáfrica.
Closest curated airport references from Richards Bay: DUR Durban (128 km), JNB Johannesburg (476 km), HLA Johannesburg (515 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 128 km from Richards Bay
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 55m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 476 km from Richards Bay
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 22m
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 515 km from Richards Bay
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 25m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 559 km from Richards Bay
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 28m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 606 km from Richards Bay
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 | 09:27 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 04:27 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 01:27 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 12:27 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 04:27 PM | +6h | Good to call now |
| Tokyo | 05:27 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 06:27 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 05:27 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Richards Bay está en la zona horaria Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), con un desfase UTC de +02:00.
Richards Bay no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Richards Bay es UTC+02:00.
Richards Bay sits at 28.78°S, 32.04°E in Sudáfrica, with about 253K residents (rank #29 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Richards Bay is Dubai, about 6,496 km away as the crow flies.
Empangeni is the closest indexed city, roughly 14 km from Richards Bay.
King Shaka International Airport (DUR) is the closest curated airport reference, about 128 km from Richards Bay.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Sudáfrica, on viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026.