Maclear in numbers
- Coordinates
- -31.0710, 28.3518
- Population
- 12 604
- Region
- Eastern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 967 km away
- Same name
- 1 more places in the world share this name
Local time in Maclear, Eastern Cape, South Africa is shown on this page, based on the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
Maclear, South Africa
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Maclear
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in Maclear, Eastern Cape.
Sunrise 5:09 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 6:33 PM Daylight 13 h 24 min Night 10 h 36 min Civil twilight 4:44 AM – 6:59 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.
The clock standard in Maclear is Africa/Johannesburg, offset by UTC+2. Daylight saving time in use: No.
The sun shows itself over Maclear at 5:09 AM and sets at 6:33 PM today. That is 13 h 24 min of light.
Neighbouring Rosendal and Frankstead sit in the same time as Maclear.
Postal codes tied to Maclear number 3.