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Live local time
Durban, Afrique du Sud
05:35:30 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Durban
City in South Africa
Heure locale actuelle
05:35:30 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Fuseau horaire
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Prochain jour férié
Workers' Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Chevauchement d'horaires maintenant
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Durban right now
Aéroport le plus proche
DUR
King Shaka International Airport · 28 km
Aéroports indexés
8
Curated airport references available for Afrique du Sud
Snapshot at render time: 05:35:30 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Durban (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Nighttime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
19°C, Overcast
Feels like 19°C · Humidity 63% · Wind 4 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:24 AM to 05:22 PM
Day length 10h 58m · Solar noon 11:53 AM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Durban local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
3.3M
Coordinates
-29.86, 31.03
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Aéroports indexés
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Local time in Durban runs on the SAST, UTC+02:00 clock; with roughly 3.3M residents the city (rank #3 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Afrique du Sud.
Durban sits at 29.86°S, 31.03°E; that's the subtropics (Southern Hemisphere, ~3314 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:24 AM and sets around 05:22 PM in Durban — about 10h 58m of daylight. Afrique du Sud stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Pinetown (14 km from Durban) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Afrique du Sud.
Next country-wide schedule signal: Workers' Day on 2026-05-01, useful for handoff and coverage planning around Durban.
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 Durban.
Durban is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Reading Durban against the global hubs: Dubai (~6,646 km), São Paulo (~7,601 km), Singapore (~8,432 km) are the close ones, with Los Angeles (~17,090 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Durban sits inside Afrique du Sud — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
The closest mapped neighbors of Durban are Pinetown (14 km), Ntuzuma (15 km), Folweni (26 km), Tongaat (33 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Durban: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Afrique du Sud.
Closest curated airport references from Durban: DUR Durban (28 km), BFN Bloemfontein (465 km), ELS East London (466 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 28 km from Durban
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 465 km from Durban
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 21m
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 466 km from Durban
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 21m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 495 km from Durban
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 23m
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 532 km from Durban
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 26m
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 |
Pinetown
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 14 km away
Ntuzuma
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 15 km away
Folweni
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 26 km away
Tongaat
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 33 km away
Mpumalanga
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 38 km away
Ballitoville
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 40 km away
eMkhomazi
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 45 km away
Shakaskraal
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 49 km away
Durban est dans le fuseau horaire Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), avec un décalage UTC de +02:00.
Durban n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Durban est UTC+02:00.
Durban sits at 29.86°S, 31.03°E in Afrique du Sud, with about 3.3M residents (rank #3 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Durban is Dubai, about 6,646 km away as the crow flies.
Pinetown is the closest indexed city, roughly 14 km from Durban.
King Shaka International Airport (DUR) is the closest curated airport reference, about 28 km from Durban.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Afrique du Sud, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.
