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Soweto, Sudáfrica
05:35:30 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Soweto
Township in Metropolitan Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Hora local actual
05:35:30 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 Soweto right now
Aeropuerto más cercano
HLA
Lanseria International Airport · 37 km
Aeropuertos indexados
8
Curated airport references available for Sudáfrica
Snapshot at render time: 05:35:30 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Soweto (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
11°C, Overcast
Feels like 9°C · Humidity 99% · Wind 15 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:32 AM to 05:39 PM
Day length 11h 7m · Solar noon 12:06 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Soweto local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
1.7M
Coordinates
-26.27, 27.86
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Aeropuertos indexados
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
For Sudáfrica, Soweto (rank #5 by population in this dataset) reads SAST, UTC+02:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Johannesburg, and the city's roughly 1.7M residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
Soweto sits at 26.27°S, 27.86°E; that's the subtropics (Southern Hemisphere, ~2916 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:32 AM and sets around 05:39 PM in Soweto — about 11h 7m of daylight. Sudáfrica stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Roodepoort (12 km from Soweto) 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 Soweto.
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 Soweto.
Soweto is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for South Western Townships. Formerly a separate municipality, it is now incorporated in the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality since 2002 and is one of the suburbs of Johannesburg.
Reading Soweto against the global hubs: Dubai (~6,435 km), São Paulo (~7,409 km), Singapore (~8,679 km) are the close ones, with Los Angeles (~16,660 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Soweto sits inside Sudáfrica — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
The closest mapped neighbors of Soweto are Roodepoort (12 km), Randfontein (18 km), Johannesburg (20 km), Westonaria (22 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Soweto: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Sudáfrica.
Closest curated airport references from Soweto: HLA Johannesburg (37 km), JNB Johannesburg (41 km), PTG Polokwane (314 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 37 km from Soweto
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 41 km from Soweto
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 314 km from Soweto
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 9m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 349 km from Soweto
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 12m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 491 km from Soweto
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 23m
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 |
Soweto está en la zona horaria Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), con un desfase UTC de +02:00.
Soweto no está actualmente observando el Horario de Verano.
El desfase UTC actual para Soweto es UTC+02:00.
Soweto sits at 26.27°S, 27.86°E in Sudáfrica, with about 1.7M residents (rank #5 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Soweto is Dubai, about 6,435 km away as the crow flies.
Roodepoort is the closest indexed city, roughly 12 km from Soweto.
Lanseria International Airport (HLA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 37 km from Soweto.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Sudáfrica, on viernes, 1 de mayo de 2026.
