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East London, Zuid-Afrika
12:10:00 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
East London, South Africa
City in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Huidige lokale tijd
12:10:00 PM
Thursday, April 30, 2026
Tijdzone
SAST
Africa/Johannesburg · UTC+02:00
Volgende feestdag
Workers' Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Zakelijke overlap nu
2 / 8
Reference markets are overlapping with East London right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
ELS
King Phalo Airport · 8 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Curated airport references available for Zuid-Afrika
Snapshot at render time: 12:10:00 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in East London (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Sunrise and sunset
06:41 AM to 05:30 PM
Day length 10h 49m · Solar noon 12:06 PM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for East London local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
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Population
478.7K
Coordinates
-33.02, 27.91
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Local time in East London runs on the SAST, UTC+02:00 clock; with roughly 478.7K residents the city (rank #13 by population in this dataset) is a working reference point inside Zuid-Afrika.
Geographically, East London is at 33.02°S, 27.91°E — that places it in the Southern Hemisphere's subtropics, about 3665 km from the equator, with warmer-half daylight that stretches noticeably in summer.
Today the sun rises around 06:41 AM and sets around 05:30 PM in East London — about 10h 49m of daylight. Zuid-Afrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Gonubie (12 km from East London) 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 East London — 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 East London.
| City | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:10 AM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 06:10 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 03:10 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 02:10 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 06:10 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 07:10 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 08:10 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 07:10 AM | -5h | Check the overlap widget below |
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 8 km away
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 239 km away
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 462 km away
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 486 km away
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 765 km away
East London bevindt zich in de tijdzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +02:00.
East London hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor East London is UTC+02:00.
East London sits at 33.02°S, 27.91°E in Zuid-Afrika, with about 478.7K residents (rank #13 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to East London is Dubai, about 7,092 km away as the crow flies.
Gonubie is the closest indexed city, roughly 12 km from East London.
King Phalo Airport (ELS) is the closest curated airport reference, about 8 km from East London.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Zuid-Afrika, on vrijdag 1 mei 2026.
East London, officially KuGompo City since February 2026, is a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa, in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape Province. The city lies on the Indian Ocean coast, largely between the Buffalo River and the Nahoon River, and hosts the country's only river port. As of 2011, East London had a population of over 267,000 with over 755,000 in the surrounding metropolitan area.
From East London the nearest of our reference hubs are Dubai (~7,092 km), São Paulo (~7,228 km), Singapore (~8,782 km), while Los Angeles sits about 16,890 km away — useful framing when someone needs a feel for whether a meeting is a regional hop or an intercontinental call.
East London sits inside Zuid-Afrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Gonubie (12 km), Mdantsane (16 km), Ndevana (39 km), Bhisho (48 km) are the nearest cities WorldClockTools indexes around East London — that's the cluster to use when scheduling spills past the city limits.
Upcoming country holiday signals around East London: 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 East London: ELS East London (8 km), PLZ Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) (239 km), BFN Bloemfontein (462 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
King Phalo AirportELS
East London · 8 km from East London
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 46m
Chief Dawid Stuurman International AirportPLZ
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) · 239 km from East London
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 3m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 462 km from East London
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 21m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 486 km from East London
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 22m
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 765 km from East London
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 44m
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
2 of 8 reference markets are in live business-hour overlap now
