Rooikop in numbers
- Coordinates
- -31.4646, 26.2948
- Region
- Eastern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 769 km away
- Same name
- 3 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Rooikop, Eastern Cape, South Africa
The current local time in Rooikop, Eastern Cape, South Africa — time zone Africa/Johannesburg (+2) — is shown right here.
Rooikop, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Rooikop
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Rooikop keeps Africa/Johannesburg clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:36 AM Solar noon 12:01 PM Sunset 6:27 PM Daylight 12 h 51 min Night 11 h 09 min Civil twilight 5:11 AM – 6:52 PM
Weather in Rooikop right now
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Rooikop and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 5500 Molteno — 9.9 km away
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 Rooikop
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
- Leeuwkuil (1) — 2.6 km
- Romansfontein — 4.2 km
- Castleton — 4.2 km
- Glen Rae — 5.8 km
- Rocklyn — 7.8 km
- Sieraadsfontein — 7.9 km
Rooikop: clock, sun and surroundings
Rooikop and nearby Leeuwkuil (1) and Romansfontein are never an hour apart.
The mail network in Rooikop covers 1 codes.
The clock standard in Rooikop is Africa/Johannesburg, offset by UTC+2. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Today's sunrise at Rooikop falls at 5:36 AM; sunset follows at 6:27 PM. Between them lie 12 h 51 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone in Rooikop listed?
- The time zone in Rooikop is listed as Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Do clocks change in Rooikop during the year?
- Daylight saving in Rooikop: No.
- At what time is the sun setting in Rooikop?
- The sun is setting at 6:27 PM.