Alexandria in numbers
- Coordinates
- -33.6535, 26.4127
- Population
- 12 084
- Region
- Eastern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 723 km away
- Same name
- 29 more places in the world share this name
Watch the current local time in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa, running on the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Alexandria, South Africa
Wednesday, 11 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Alexandria
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Alexandria, Eastern Cape.
Sunrise 5:07 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 6:52 PM Daylight 13 h 45 min Night 10 h 15 min Civil twilight 4:40 AM – 7:19 PM
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Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Alexandria operates with 4 postal codes.
Alexandria falls within Africa/Johannesburg, which places it UTC+2 from UTC. Daylight saving observed: No.
Alexandria has sunrise at 5:07 AM today and sunset at 6:52 PM. Light holds for 13 h 45 min.
Alexandria shares one clock with the nearby places Ouplass and Shenstone.