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Randfontein, Afrique du Sud
06:49:17 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg

Randfontein
Place in Gauteng, South Africa
Heure locale actuelle
06:49:17 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 Randfontein right now
Aéroport le plus proche
HLA
Lanseria International Airport · 35 km
Aéroports indexés
8
Curated airport references available for Afrique du Sud
Snapshot at render time: 06:49:17 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Randfontein (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
10°C, Overcast
Feels like 8°C · Humidity 100% · Wind 17 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:32 AM to 05:40 PM
Day length 11h 8m · Solar noon 12:06 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Randfontein local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
133.7K
Coordinates
-26.18, 27.70
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Aéroports indexés
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Local time in Randfontein runs on the SAST, UTC+02:00 clock; with roughly 133.7K residents the city (rank #57 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Afrique du Sud.
Randfontein sits at 26.18°S, 27.70°E; that's the subtropics (Southern Hemisphere, ~2906 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 05:40 PM in Randfontein — about 11h 8m of daylight. Afrique du Sud stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Krugersdorp (13 km from Randfontein) 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 Randfontein.
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 Randfontein.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 05:49 AM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 12:49 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 09:49 PM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 08:49 AM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 12:49 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 01:49 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 02:49 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 01:49 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Krugersdorp
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 13 km away
Bagale
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 14 km away
Westonaria
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 16 km away
Roodepoort
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 17 km away
Soweto
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 18 km away
Randburg
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 32 km away
Johannesburg
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 34 km away
Carletonville
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 36 km away
Randfontein est dans le fuseau horaire Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), avec un décalage UTC de +02:00.
Randfontein n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Randfontein est UTC+02:00.
Randfontein sits at 26.18°S, 27.70°E in Afrique du Sud, with about 133.7K residents (rank #57 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Randfontein is Dubai, about 6,435 km away as the crow flies.
Krugersdorp is the closest indexed city, roughly 13 km from Randfontein.
Lanseria International Airport (HLA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 35 km from Randfontein.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Afrique du Sud, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.
Randfontein is a gold mining town in the West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa, 40 km (25 mi) west of Johannesburg. With the Witwatersrand gold rush in full swing, mining financier JB Robinson bought the farm Randfontein and, in 1889, floated the Randfontein Estates Gold Mining Company. The town was established in 1890 to serve the new mine and was administered by Krugersdorp until it became a municipality in 1929.
Reading Randfontein against the global hubs: Dubai (~6,435 km), São Paulo (~7,397 km), Singapore (~8,693 km) are the close ones, with Los Angeles (~16,642 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Randfontein sits inside Afrique du Sud — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
The closest mapped neighbors of Randfontein are Krugersdorp (13 km), Bagale (14 km), Westonaria (16 km), Roodepoort (17 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Randfontein: 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 Randfontein: HLA Johannesburg (35 km), JNB Johannesburg (55 km), PTG Polokwane (315 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 35 km from Randfontein
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 55 km from Randfontein
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 49m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 315 km from Randfontein
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 9m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 352 km from Randfontein
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 12m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 508 km from Randfontein
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 24m
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