Grahamstown in numbers
- Coordinates
- -33.3042, 26.5328
- Population
- 91 548
- Region
- Eastern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 738 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
You can see the current local time of Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa on this page, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Grahamstown, South Africa
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Grahamstown
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:13 AM Solar noon 11:59 AM Sunset 6:44 PM Daylight 13 h 31 min Night 10 h 29 min Civil twilight 4:46 AM – 7:11 PM
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Grahamstown and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 5805
- 6139
- 6140
- 6141
- 6142
- 6143
- 6145
- 6146
- 6150
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 Grahamstown
- Grahamstown New South Wales, Australia
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
- West Hill — 3.1 km
- Howieson's Poort — 5.9 km
- Balcraig — 6.5 km
- Rosedale — 8.3 km
- Armistice — 9.4 km
- Botha’s Ridge — 10.1 km
Local time details for Grahamstown
Sunrise for Grahamstown today is set at 5:13 AM, sunset at 6:44 PM. Daylight covers 13 h 31 min.
Near Grahamstown you can add West Hill and Howieson's Poort, both on the same time.
9 postal codes have been allocated to Grahamstown.
The zone in force in Grahamstown is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of UTC+2. Seasonal change: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone information applies to Grahamstown?
- The applicable time zone information is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does Grahamstown run on daylight saving time for part of the year?
- Daylight saving in Grahamstown: No.
- When should I expect the sun to rise in Grahamstown?
- Expect it at 5:13 AM.