Port Elizabeth in numbers
- Coordinates
- -33.9611, 25.6149
- Region
- Eastern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 648 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
The current local time in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa — time zone Africa/Johannesburg (+2) — is shown right here.
Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Port Elizabeth
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Port Elizabeth keeps Africa/Johannesburg clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:36 AM Solar noon 12:04 PM Sunset 6:32 PM Daylight 12 h 56 min Night 11 h 04 min Civil twilight 5:11 AM – 6:58 PM
Weather in Port Elizabeth right now
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Port Elizabeth and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 6000
- 6001
- 6003
- 6005
- 6006
- 6008
- 6011
- 6012
- 6013
- 6014
- 6015
- 6016
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 Port Elizabeth
- Port Elizabeth Grenadines Parish, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines
- Port Elizabeth New Jersey, 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
- Gqeberha — 0.0 km
- South End — 1.5 km
- Hallack Rock — 1.5 km
- Humewood — 2.5 km
- Port Elizabeth Airport — 2.6 km
- Mount Road — 2.7 km
Port Elizabeth: clock, sun and surroundings
Mail delivery in Port Elizabeth relies on 12 postal codes.
The clock standard in Port Elizabeth is Africa/Johannesburg, offset by UTC+2. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Sunrise comes to Port Elizabeth at 5:36 AM and sunset at 6:32 PM today. Together that makes 12 h 56 min of light.
The clock does not change between Port Elizabeth, Gqeberha and South End.
Questions and answers
- Could you specify the time zone used in Port Elizabeth?
- The time zone used in Port Elizabeth is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does the clock in Port Elizabeth follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Port Elizabeth: No.
- How late in the morning does the sun rise in Port Elizabeth?
- It rises at 5:36 AM.