Hercules in numbers
- Coordinates
- -33.3101, 27.4251
- Region
- Eastern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 820 km away
- Same name
- 7 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Hercules, Eastern Cape, South Africa
The current local time in Hercules, Eastern Cape, South Africa — time zone Africa/Johannesburg (+2) — is shown right here.
Hercules, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Hercules
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Hercules, Eastern Cape.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:30 AM Solar noon 11:57 AM Sunset 6:24 PM Daylight 12 h 55 min Night 11 h 05 min Civil twilight 5:04 AM – 6:50 PM
Weather in Hercules right now
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Hercules and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 0068
- 0082
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 Hercules
- Hercules California, United States
- Hercules Coahuila, Mexico
- Hercules Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia
- Hércules Chihuahua, Mexico
- Hércules Nuevo León, Mexico
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
Hercules: clock, sun and surroundings
Addresses in Hercules fall under 2 postal codes.
Local clocks in Hercules follow the Africa/Johannesburg zone, UTC+2. Do they shift for daylight saving? No.
Today's sunrise at Hercules falls at 5:30 AM; sunset follows at 6:24 PM. Between them lie 12 h 55 min of daylight.
No adjustment is needed moving between Hercules, Hamburg and Hamburg.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone designation for Hercules?
- The time zone designation for Hercules is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does Hercules adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- No.
- How early in the evening does the sun set in Hercules?
- It sets at 6:24 PM.