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Ladysmith, Afrique du Sud
12:08:40 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal
Place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Heure locale actuelle
12:08:40 PM
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
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Ladysmith right now
Aéroport le plus proche
DUR
King Shaka International Airport · 175 km
Aéroports indexés
8
Curated airport references available for Afrique du Sud
Snapshot at render time: 12:08:40 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Ladysmith (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
15°C, Overcast
Feels like 14°C · Humidity 70% · Wind 5 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:27 AM to 05:28 PM
Day length 11h 1m · Solar noon 11:58 AM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Ladysmith local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
143.4K
Coordinates
-28.56, 29.78
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Aéroports indexés
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Ladysmith (rank #50 by population in this dataset) sits at Africa/Johannesburg (SAST, UTC+02:00) with roughly 143.4K residents, anchoring local-time questions for Afrique du Sud.
The coordinates 28.56°S, 29.78°E put Ladysmith roughly 3170 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 06:27 AM and sets around 05:28 PM in Ladysmith — about 11h 1m of daylight. Afrique du Sud stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Estcourt (51 km from Ladysmith) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Afrique du Sud.
Ladysmith 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 Ladysmith.
Ladysmith, officially known as uMnambithi since 2024, is a town that serves as the seat of both the Alfred Duma Local Municipality and the Uthukela District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It lies 230 kilometres (140 mi) north-west of Durban and 365 kilometres (227 mi) south-east of Johannesburg. Important industries in the area include food processing, textiles, and tyre production.
Distance-wise, Ladysmith is closest to Dubai (~6,570 km), São Paulo (~7,523 km), Singapore (~8,528 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 16,929 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Ladysmith sits inside Afrique du Sud — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Around Ladysmith, the nearest mapped reference cities are Estcourt (51 km), Wembesi (55 km), Glencoe (56 km), Dundee (62 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for SAST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Ladysmith: 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 Ladysmith: DUR Durban (175 km), JNB Johannesburg (309 km), BFN Bloemfontein (344 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 175 km from Ladysmith
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 58m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 309 km from Ladysmith
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 9m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 344 km from Ladysmith
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 11m
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 344 km from Ladysmith
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 11m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 525 km from Ladysmith
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
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:08 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:08 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:08 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:08 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:08 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:08 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:08 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:08 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Estcourt
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 51 km away
Wembesi
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 55 km away
Glencoe
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 56 km away
Dundee
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 62 km away
Harrismith
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 71 km away
Mooi River
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 75 km away
Tshiame
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 81 km away
Newcastle
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 90 km away
Ladysmith est dans le fuseau horaire Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), avec un décalage UTC de +02:00.
Ladysmith n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Ladysmith est UTC+02:00.
Ladysmith sits at 28.56°S, 29.78°E in Afrique du Sud, with about 143.4K residents (rank #50 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Ladysmith is Dubai, about 6,570 km away as the crow flies.
Estcourt is the closest indexed city, roughly 51 km from Ladysmith.
King Shaka International Airport (DUR) is the closest curated airport reference, about 175 km from Ladysmith.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Afrique du Sud, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.
