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Makwassie, Zuid-Afrika
04:31:31 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Huidige lokale tijd
04:31:31 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 Makwassie right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
BFN
Bram Fischer International Airport · 200 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Curated airport references available for Zuid-Afrika
Snapshot at render time: 04:31:31 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Makwassie (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
22°C, Mostly clear
Feels like 18°C · Humidity 52% · Wind 28 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:40 AM to 05:45 PM
Day length 11h 5m · Solar noon 12:13 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Makwassie local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Vesak / Buddha Purnima 2026
religiousvrijdag 1 mei 2026
1 day to go
Vesak 2026
festival-buddhistvrijdag 1 mei 2026
1 day to go
EU Digital Markets Act — First Review Report
regulatoryzondag 3 mei 2026
3 days to go
WB, Kerala, TN, Assam, Puducherry Assembly Election Counting
electionmaandag 4 mei 2026
4 days to go
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
Population
16K
Coordinates
-27.32, 25.99
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
For Zuid-Afrika, Makwassie (rank #287 by population in this dataset) reads SAST, UTC+02:00 on the IANA zone Africa/Johannesburg, and the city's roughly 16K residents make it a practical scheduling anchor.
The coordinates 27.32°S, 25.99°E put Makwassie roughly 3032 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 06:40 AM and sets around 05:45 PM in Makwassie — about 11h 5m of daylight. Zuid-Afrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Wolmaransstad (13 km from Makwassie) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Zuid-Afrika.
Makwassie 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 Makwassie.
Makwassie is a small farming town situated in North West Province of South Africa that produces maize, sorghum, groundnuts and milk. The word makwassie is a corruption of the San word for an aromatic wild spearmint.
Distance-wise, Makwassie is closest to Dubai (~6,629 km), São Paulo (~7,200 km), Singapore (~8,877 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 16,533 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Makwassie sits inside Zuid-Afrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Around Makwassie, the nearest mapped reference cities are Wolmaransstad (13 km), Leeudoringstad (25 km), Bloemhof (53 km), Ottosdal (56 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for SAST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Makwassie: 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 Makwassie: BFN Bloemfontein (200 km), HLA Johannesburg (246 km), JNB Johannesburg (259 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 200 km from Makwassie
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 0m
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 246 km from Makwassie
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 4m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 259 km from Makwassie
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 5m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 519 km from Makwassie
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 25m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 562 km from Makwassie
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 28m
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 | 03:31 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 10:31 AM | -6h | Good to call now |
| Los Angeles | 07:31 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 06:31 PM | +2h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Singapore | 10:31 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 11:31 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 12:31 AM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 11:31 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
Wolmaransstad
Zuid-Afrika
Approx. 13 km away
Leeudoringstad
Zuid-Afrika
Approx. 25 km away
Bloemhof
Zuid-Afrika
Approx. 53 km away
Ottosdal
Zuid-Afrika
Approx. 56 km away
Hoopstad
Zuid-Afrika
Approx. 58 km away
Bothaville
Zuid-Afrika
Approx. 62 km away
Schweizer-Reneke
Zuid-Afrika
Approx. 67 km away
Wesselsbron
Zuid-Afrika
Approx. 70 km away
Makwassie bevindt zich in de tijdzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +02:00.
Makwassie hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Makwassie is UTC+02:00.
Makwassie sits at 27.32°S, 25.99°E in Zuid-Afrika, with about 16K residents (rank #287 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Makwassie is Dubai, about 6,629 km away as the crow flies.
Wolmaransstad is the closest indexed city, roughly 13 km from Makwassie.
Bram Fischer International Airport (BFN) is the closest curated airport reference, about 200 km from Makwassie.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Zuid-Afrika, on vrijdag 1 mei 2026.
