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Piet Retief, Zuid-Afrika
02:37:33 PMThursday, April 30, 2026 · Africa/Johannesburg
Piet Retief, South Africa
Place in Mpumalanga, South Africa
Huidige lokale tijd
02:37:33 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 Piet Retief right now
Dichtstbijzijnde luchthaven
JNB
O.R. Tambo International Airport · 273 km
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Curated airport references available for Zuid-Afrika
Snapshot at render time: 02:37:33 PM on Thursday, April 30, 2026 in Piet Retief (UTC+02:00, SAST).
Status
Daytime
Week Number
Week 18
Day of Year
Day 120
Days Remaining
245
Current weather
23°C, Mostly clear
Feels like 22°C · Humidity 47% · Wind 13 km/h
Sunrise and sunset
06:21 AM to 05:26 PM
Day length 11h 5m · Solar noon 11:54 AM
Next country holiday
Workers' Day
vrijdag 1 mei 2026 · Public
Tracked countdowns rendered for Piet Retief local time, with sunrise/sunset and DST stats per page.
Memorial Day (US) 2026
festival-secularmaandag 25 mei 2026
25 days to go
Grand Theft Auto VI Release
release-gamedinsdag 26 mei 2026
26 days to go
007 First Light
release-gamewoensdag 27 mei 2026
27 days to go
Eid al-Adha 2026
festival-islamicwoensdag 27 mei 2026
27 days to go
Blue Moon — May 31, 2026 (Monthly)
spacezondag 31 mei 2026
31 days to go
Colombia 2026 Presidential Election
electionzondag 31 mei 2026
31 days to go
Population
84.3K
Coordinates
-27.01, 30.81
Timezone
Africa/Johannesburg
Geïndexeerde luchthavens
8
Capital
Pretoria
Languages
Afrikaans, English
Currency
ZAR (R)
Country area
1,221,037 km²
Read time for Piet Retief from the Africa/Johannesburg zone (SAST, UTC+02:00); the city carries roughly 84.3K residents and ranks #89 among curated Zuid-Afrika entries.
The coordinates 27.01°S, 30.81°E put Piet Retief roughly 2998 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 06:21 AM and sets around 05:26 PM in Piet Retief — about 11h 5m of daylight. Zuid-Afrika stays on standard time here, so UTC+02:00 is stable through the year.
Driefontein (38 km from Piet Retief) gives this page its nearest commuter and travel cluster, with 8 curated airport pages indexed for Zuid-Afrika.
Piet Retief 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 Piet Retief.
Piet Retief, officially eMkhondo, is a town situated in a timber-growing region in Mpumalanga province, South Africa. It is the seat of the Mkhondo Local Municipality. It is located just west of the Eswatini border.
Distance-wise, Piet Retief is closest to Dubai (~6,370 km), São Paulo (~7,668 km), Singapore (~8,400 km); Los Angeles is the far end at roughly 16,962 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.
Piet Retief sits inside Zuid-Afrika — the Southern Africa subregion, capital Pretoria, languages Afrikaans, English, Southern Ndebele, currency ZAR (R).
Around Piet Retief, the nearest mapped reference cities are Driefontein (38 km), Frischgewaagd (45 km), Fernie (69 km), Lobamba (71 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for SAST planning.
Upcoming country holiday signals around Piet Retief: 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 Piet Retief: JNB Johannesburg (273 km), DUR Durban (291 km), HLA Johannesburg (311 km).
In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
O.R. Tambo International AirportJNB
Johannesburg · 273 km from Piet Retief
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 6m
King Shaka International AirportDUR
Durban · 291 km from Piet Retief
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 7m
Lanseria International AirportHLA
Johannesburg · 311 km from Piet Retief
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 9m
Polokwane International AirportPTG
Polokwane · 377 km from Piet Retief
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 14m
Bram Fischer International AirportBFN
Bloemfontein · 500 km from Piet Retief
Approx. transfer or flight-planning window: 1h 23m
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 | 01:37 PM | -1h | Good to call now |
| New York | 08:37 AM | -6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Los Angeles | 05:37 AM | -9h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Dubai | 04:37 PM | +2h | Good to call now |
| Singapore | 08:37 PM | +6h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Tokyo | 09:37 PM | +7h | Check the overlap widget below |
| Sydney | 10:37 PM | +8h | Check the overlap widget below |
| São Paulo | 09:37 AM | -5h | Good to call now |
Piet Retief bevindt zich in de tijdzone Africa/Johannesburg (SAST), met een UTC-verschuiving van +02:00.
Piet Retief hanteert momenteel geen zomertijd.
De huidige UTC-verschuiving voor Piet Retief is UTC+02:00.
Piet Retief sits at 27.01°S, 30.81°E in Zuid-Afrika, with about 84.3K residents (rank #89 by population in this dataset).
The closest reference hub to Piet Retief is Dubai, about 6,370 km away as the crow flies.
Driefontein is the closest indexed city, roughly 38 km from Piet Retief.
O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB) is the closest curated airport reference, about 273 km from Piet Retief.
Workers' Day is the next upcoming holiday in Zuid-Afrika, on vrijdag 1 mei 2026.
