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Live local time
Richards Bay, Afrique du Sud
10:26:56 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Heure locale actuelle
10:26:56 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
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Richards Bay right now
Aéroport le plus proche
DUR
King Shaka International Airport · 128 km
Aéroports indexés
8
Curated airport references available for Afrique du Sud
Snapshot at render time: 10:26:56 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
22°C, Clear sky
Feels like 22°C · Humidity 68% · Wind 12 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
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Richards Bay local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Code with Claude London 2026
keynotemardi 19 mai 2026
19 days to go
Manipur Violence Commission of Inquiry Report
inquirymercredi 20 mai 2026
20 days to go
Cum-Ex Trial Begins (Bonn, Germany)
judicialjeudi 21 mai 2026
21 days to go
The Mandalorian and Grogu (Theatrical Release)
release-movievendredi 22 mai 2026
22 days to go
The Mandalorian and Grogu
release-movievendredi 22 mai 2026
22 days to go
Pentecost 2026
religiousdimanche 24 mai 2026
24 days to go
Population
253K
Coordinates
-28.78, 32.04
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Aéroports indexés
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
For Afrique du Sud, 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. Afrique du Sud 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 Afrique du Sud.
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 the curated reference for this corner of Afrique du Sud on WorldClockTools — the page focuses on what changes day-to-day rather than restating a generic clock.
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 Afrique du Sud — 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 Afrique du Sud.
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 | 09:26 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 04:26 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 01:26 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 12:26 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 04:26 PM | +6h | Good to call now |
| Tokyo | 05:26 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 06:26 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 05:26 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Empangeni
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 14 km away
eSikhaleni
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 17 km away
Mtubatuba
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 43 km away
Eshowe
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 56 km away
Mandeni
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 73 km away
Ulundi
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 79 km away
KwaDukuza
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 95 km away
Shakaskraal
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 109 km away
Richards Bay est dans le fuseau horaire Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), avec un décalage UTC de +02:00.
Richards Bay n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Richards Bay est UTC+02:00.
Richards Bay sits at 28.78°S, 32.04°E in Afrique du Sud, 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 Afrique du Sud, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.
