East London in numbers
- Coordinates
- -33.0153, 27.9116
- Population
- 478 676
- Region
- Eastern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 870 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Local time in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa is shown on this page, based on the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
East London, South Africa
Monday, 9 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in East London
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in East London.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:04 AM Solar noon 11:53 AM Sunset 6:43 PM Daylight 13 h 39 min Night 10 h 21 min Civil twilight 4:37 AM – 7:10 PM
Weather in East London right now
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East London and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 5201
- 5204
- 5205
- 5206
- 5207
- 5208
- 5209
- 5210
- 5211
- 5212
- 5213
- 5214
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 East London
- East London England, United Kingdom
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
- Quigney — 0.4 km
- Arcadia — 1.0 km
- Southernwood — 1.7 km
- Buffalo Harbor — 1.8 km
- West Bank — 2.2 km
- Park Ridge — 3.1 km
East London: clock, sun and surroundings
The zone that governs East London is Africa/Johannesburg at UTC+2. Whether the clocks move seasonally: No.
Sunrise arrives in East London at 5:04 AM today and the sun goes down at 6:43 PM. That gives the day 13 h 39 min of light.
Time in East London applies without change in Quigney and Arcadia nearby.
Postal codes in East London number 12.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with East London?
- The value associated with East London is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does East London switch to summer time during the year?
- Daylight saving time observed in East London: No.
- What hour brings sunrise in East London?
- The hour is 5:04 AM.