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Mafikeng, Zuid-Afrika
02:35:23 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Mafikeng
Capital city of the North-West Province, South Africa
Huidige lokale tijd
02:35:23 PM
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 Mafikeng right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
HLA
Lanseria International Airport · 228 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Curated airport references available for Zuid-Afrika
Snapshot at render time: 02:35:23 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Mafikeng (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Sunrise and sunset
06:40 AM to 05:48 PM
Day length 11h 8m · Solar noon 12:14 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Mafikeng local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Sabarimala 9-Judge Constitutional Bench Verdict
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House of the Dragon Season 3
release-tvmaandag 15 juni 2026
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release-albummaandag 15 juni 2026
46 days to go
Population
77.1K
Coordinates
-25.87, 25.64
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Read time for Mafikeng from the Africa/Johannesburg zone (SAST, UTC+02:00); the city carries roughly 77.1K residents and ranks #93 among curated Zuid-Afrika entries.
Geographically, Mafikeng is at 25.87°S, 25.64°E — that places it in the Southern Hemisphere's subtropics, about 2871 km from the equator, with warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:40 AM and sets around 05:48 PM in Mafikeng — about 11h 8m of daylight. Zuid-Afrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Mmabatho (2 km from Mafikeng) 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 Mafikeng — 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 Mafikeng.
Mahikeng, formerly known as Mafikeng and alternatively known as Mafeking, is the capital city of the North West province of South Africa.
From Mafikeng the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~6,509 km), São Paulo (~7,208 km), Singapore (~8,893 km), while Los Angeles sits about 16,439 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
Mafikeng sits inside Zuid-Afrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Mmabatho (2 km), Itsoseng (34 km), Janeng (51 km), Zeerust (57 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around Mafikeng — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Mafikeng: 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 Mafikeng: HLA Johannesburg (228 km), JNB Johannesburg (262 km), BFN Bloemfontein (365 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 228 km from Mafikeng
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 3m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 262 km from Mafikeng
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 5m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 365 km from Mafikeng
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 13m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 446 km from Mafikeng
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 19m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 681 km from Mafikeng
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 37m
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 | 01:35 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 08:35 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 05:35 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 04:35 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 08:35 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 09:35 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 10:35 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 09:35 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
Mafikeng bevindt zich in de tijdzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +02:00.
Mafikeng hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Mafikeng is UTC+02:00.
Mafikeng sits at 25.87°S, 25.64°E in Zuid-Afrika, with about 77.1K residents (rank #93 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Mafikeng is Dubai, about 6,509 km away as the crow flies.
Mmabatho is the closest indexed city, roughly 2 km from Mafikeng.
Lanseria International Airport (HLA) is the closest curated airport reference, about 228 km from Mafikeng.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Zuid-Afrika, on vrijdag 1 mei 2026.
