Colchester in numbers
- Coordinates
- -33.6913, 25.8220
- Population
- 2 483
- Region
- Eastern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 668 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Colchester, Eastern Cape, South Africa
The current local time in Colchester, Eastern Cape, South Africa — time zone Africa/Johannesburg (+2) — is shown right here.
Colchester, South Africa
Monday, 2 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Colchester
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Colchester.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:17 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 6:46 PM Daylight 13 h 29 min Night 10 h 31 min Civil twilight 4:50 AM – 7:12 PM
Weather in Colchester right now
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Colchester and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 6175
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.
Largest cities in Eastern Cape
Other places named Colchester
- Colchester England, United Kingdom
- Colchester Vermont, United States
- Colchester Connecticut, United States
- Colchester Ontario, Canada
- Colchester Illinois, United States
Same time zone — Africa/Johannesburg
- Johannesburg South Africa
- Cape Town South Africa
- Durban South Africa
- Pretoria South Africa
- Soweto South Africa
- Gqeberha South Africa
Nearby places
- Cannonvale — 2.4 km
- Aloma — 7.7 km
- East Bank — 13.3 km
- Ncanaha — 13.3 km
- Barkly Bridge — 14.0 km
- Olifants Kop — 16.0 km
Local time details for Colchester
Across Colchester, 1 postal code is recorded.
The name of the time zone in Colchester is Africa/Johannesburg, and it runs UTC+2. Daylight saving time: No.
Today, Colchester has first light at 5:17 AM and last light at 6:46 PM. Daylight lasts 13 h 29 min.
Places close to Colchester, among them Cannonvale and Aloma, share its time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Colchester?
- Choose Africa/Johannesburg for Colchester, with an offset of +2.
- Is the offset in Colchester changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- Both sunrise and sunset in Colchester — what times?
- 5:17 AM and 6:46 PM.