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Somerset West, Afrique du Sud
09:28:29 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Somerset West
Town in the Western Cape, South Africa
Heure locale actuelle
09:28:29 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 Somerset West right now
Aéroport le plus proche
CPT
Cape Town International Airport · 23 km
Aéroports indexés
8
Curated airport references available for Afrique du Sud
Snapshot at render time: 09:28:29 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Somerset West (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
14°C, Clear sky
Feels like 14°C · Humidity 74% · Wind 2 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
07:19 AM to 06:04 PM
Day length 10h 45m · Solar noon 12:42 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
vendredi 1 mai 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Somerset West local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
225.3K
Coordinates
-34.08, 18.82
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Aéroports indexés
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Read time for Somerset West from the Africa/Johannesburg zone (SAST, UTC+02:00); the city carries roughly 225.3K residents and ranks #35 among curated Afrique du Sud entries.
Somerset West sits at 34.08°S, 18.82°E; that's the subtropics (Southern Hemisphere, ~3783 km from the equator) and the daylight pattern reflects warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 07:19 AM and sets around 06:04 PM in Somerset West — about 10h 45m of daylight. Afrique du Sud stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Stellenbosch (17 km from Somerset West) 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 Somerset West.
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 Somerset West.
Somerset West is a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality Eastern sub-region . The vehicle registration code for Somerset West is CFM and the post code is 7130 for street addresses, and 7129 for post office boxes.
Reading Somerset West against the global hubs: São Paulo (~6,378 km), Dubai (~7,633 km), Singapore (~9,632 km) are the close ones, with Los Angeles (~16,090 km) sitting on the opposite side of the planet — a good gut check when judging logistics windows.
Somerset West sits inside Afrique du Sud — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
The closest mapped neighbors of Somerset West are Stellenbosch (17 km), Kuils River (19 km), Grabouw (19 km), Kraaifontein (28 km), so commuter, logistics and same-day-trip planning will usually pull from this cluster.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Somerset West: 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 Somerset West: CPT Cape Town (23 km), PLZ Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) (626 km), ELS East London (842 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Cape Town International AirportCPT
Cape Town · 23 km from Somerset West
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 47m
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 626 km from Somerset West
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 33m
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 842 km from Somerset West
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 50m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 900 km from Somerset West
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 54m
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 1259 km from Somerset West
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 2h 22m
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 | 08:28 AM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 03:28 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 12:28 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 11:28 AM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 03:28 PM | +6h | Good to call now |
| Tokyo | 04:28 PM | +7h | Good to call now |
| Sydney | 05:28 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 04:28 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Cape Town International AirportCPT
Cape Town · 23 km away
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 626 km away
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 842 km away
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 900 km away
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 1259 km away
Stellenbosch
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 17 km away
Kuils River
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 19 km away
Grabouw
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 19 km away
Kraaifontein
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 28 km away
Muizenberg
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 31 km away
Lansdowne
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 32 km away
Retreat
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 32 km away
Athlone
Afrique du Sud
Approx. 32 km away
Somerset West est dans le fuseau horaire Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), avec un décalage UTC de +02:00.
Somerset West n'observe pas actuellement l'heure d'été.
Le décalage UTC actuel pour Somerset West est UTC+02:00.
Somerset West sits at 34.08°S, 18.82°E in Afrique du Sud, with about 225.3K residents (rank #35 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Somerset West is São Paulo, about 6,378 km away as the crow flies.
Stellenbosch is the closest indexed city, roughly 17 km from Somerset West.
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) is the closest curated airport reference, about 23 km from Somerset West.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Afrique du Sud, on vendredi 1 mai 2026.
