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Pietermaritzburg, Sudafrica
08:12:22 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Pietermaritzburg
Capital city of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Ora locale attuale
08:12:22 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Fuso orario
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Prossima festività
Workers' Day
venerdì 1 maggio 2026 · Public
Sovrapposizione lavorativa ora
0 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Pietermaritzburg right now
Aeroporto più vicino
DUR
King Shaka International Airport · 70 km
Aeroporti indicizzati
8
Curated airport references available for Sudafrica
Snapshot at render time: 08:12:22 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Pietermaritzburg (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
12°C, Light drizzle
Feels like 12°C · Humidity 86% · Wind 5 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:26 AM to 05:24 PM
Day length 10h 58m · Solar noon 11:55 AM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
venerdì 1 maggio 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Pietermaritzburg local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
839.3K
Coordinates
-29.62, 30.39
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Aeroporti indicizzati
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Local time in Pietermaritzburg runs on the SAST, UTC+02:00 clock; with roughly 839.3K residents the city (rank #8 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Sudafrica.
Geographically, Pietermaritzburg is at 29.62°S, 30.39°E — that places it in the Southern Hemisphere's subtropics, about 3287 km from the equator, with warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:26 AM and sets around 05:24 PM in Pietermaritzburg — about 10h 58m of daylight. Sudafrica stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Mpophomeni (21 km from Pietermaritzburg) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Sudafrica.
On 2026-05-01, Workers' Day is the next holiday flag for Pietermaritzburg — worth blocking out for launches or logistics.
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 Pietermaritzburg.
Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa after Durban. It was named in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality.
From Pietermaritzburg the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~6,649 km), São Paulo (~7,549 km), Singapore (~8,488 km), while Los Angeles sits about 17,023 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Pietermaritzburg sits inside Sudafrica — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Mpophomeni (21 km), Howick (22 km), Richmond (31 km), Mpumalanga (32 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Pietermaritzburg — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Pietermaritzburg: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Sudafrica.
Closest curated airport references from Pietermaritzburg: DUR Durban (70 km), BFN Bloemfontein (401 km), JNB Johannesburg (440 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 70 km from Pietermaritzburg
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 50m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 401 km from Pietermaritzburg
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 16m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 440 km from Pietermaritzburg
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 19m
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 452 km from Pietermaritzburg
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 20m
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 475 km from Pietermaritzburg
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 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
0 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 07:12 AM | -1h | Check the overlap widget below |
| New York | 02:12 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 11:12 PM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 10:12 AM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 02:12 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 03:12 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 04:12 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 03:12 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
Pietermaritzburg si trova nel fuso orario Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), con uno scostamento UTC di +02:00.
Pietermaritzburg non sta attualmente osservando l'ora legale.
Lo scostamento UTC attuale per Pietermaritzburg è UTC+02:00.
Pietermaritzburg sits at 29.62°S, 30.39°E in Sudafrica, with about 839.3K residents (rank #8 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Pietermaritzburg is Dubai, about 6,649 km away as the crow flies.
Mpophomeni is the closest indexed city, roughly 21 km from Pietermaritzburg.
King Shaka International Airport (DUR) is the closest curated airport reference, about 70 km from Pietermaritzburg.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Sudafrica, on venerdì 1 maggio 2026.
