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Bhisho, Zuid-Afrika
10:26:47 AMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Bhisho
Capital of the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Huidige lokale tijd
10:26:47 AM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Tijdzone
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Volgende feestdag
Workers' Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Zakelijke overlap nu
3 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with Bhisho right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
ELS
King Phalo Airport · 41 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Curated airport references available for Zuid-Afrika
Snapshot at render time: 10:26:47 AM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Bhisho (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
19°C, Overcast
Feels like 17°C · Humidity 41% · Wind 5 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:42 AM to 05:32 PM
Day length 10h 50m · Solar noon 12:07 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Bhisho local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
CAA Supreme Court Final Constitutional Hearing
judicialdinsdag 5 mei 2026
5 days to go
Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower 2026 Peak
spacewoensdag 6 mei 2026
6 days to go
Code with Claude San Francisco 2026
keynotewoensdag 6 mei 2026
6 days to go
Mother's Day (US) 2026
festival-secularzondag 10 mei 2026
10 days to go
Gemini 3 Launch (rumored at Google I/O)
release-techdinsdag 12 mei 2026
12 days to go
48th ASEAN Summit — Cebu
politicalvrijdag 15 mei 2026
15 days to go
Population
137.3K
Coordinates
-32.85, 27.44
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
For Zuid-Afrika, Bhisho (rank #55 by population in this dataset) reads SAST, UTC+02:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Johannesburg, and the city's roughly 137.3K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
Geographically, Bhisho is at 32.85°S, 27.44°E — that places it in the Southern Hemisphere's subtropics, about 3646 km from the equator, with warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:42 AM and sets around 05:32 PM in Bhisho — about 10h 50m of daylight. Zuid-Afrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Qonce (6 km from Bhisho) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Zuid-Afrika.
On 2026-05-01, Workers' Day is the next holiday flag for Bhisho — 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 Bhisho.
Bhisho, formerly Bisho, is the capital of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The Office of the Premier, Provincial Legislature and many other government departments are headquartered in the town. The town, three kilometres from Qonce and 70 kilometres from East London, is also part of Buffalo City.
From Bhisho the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~7,096 km), São Paulo (~7,190 km), Singapore (~8,822 km), while Los Angeles sits about 16,844 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Bhisho sits inside Zuid-Afrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Qonce (6 km), Ndevana (9 km), Dimbaza (21 km), Stutterheim (31 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Bhisho — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Bhisho: Workers' Day, Youth Day, National Women's Day. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Zuid-Afrika.
Closest curated airport references from Bhisho: ELS East London (41 km), PLZ Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) (212 km), BFN Bloemfontein (431 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 41 km from Bhisho
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 48m
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 212 km from Bhisho
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 1m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 431 km from Bhisho
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 18m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 501 km from Bhisho
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 24m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 750 km from Bhisho
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 43m
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 |
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 41 km away
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 212 km away
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 431 km away
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 501 km away
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 750 km away
Bhisho bevindt zich in de tijdzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +02:00.
Bhisho hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Bhisho is UTC+02:00.
Bhisho sits at 32.85°S, 27.44°E in Zuid-Afrika, with about 137.3K residents (rank #55 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Bhisho is Dubai, about 7,096 km away as the crow flies.
Qonce is the closest indexed city, roughly 6 km from Bhisho.
King Phalo Airport (ELS) is the closest curated airport reference, about 41 km from Bhisho.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Zuid-Afrika, on vrijdag 1 mei 2026.
