Tarkastad in numbers
- Coordinates
- -32.0089, 26.2593
- Population
- 7 260
- Region
- Eastern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 745 km away
What time is it in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa
The page gives the present local time in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa, whose time zone is Africa/Johannesburg (+2).
Tarkastad, South Africa
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Tarkastad
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Tarkastad.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:35 AM Solar noon 12:02 PM Sunset 6:28 PM Daylight 12 h 52 min Night 11 h 08 min Civil twilight 5:10 AM – 6:53 PM
Weather in Tarkastad right now
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Tarkastad and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 5370
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
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
- Schaapkraal — 2.6 km
- Notcliffe Park — 4.8 km
- Morning Sun — 6.2 km
- Drummond Gate — 9.9 km
- Gerluk — 10.5 km
- Haasfonteindorings — 10.6 km
About the time in Tarkastad
Local time in Tarkastad comes from the Africa/Johannesburg zone, UTC+2. Daylight saving time: No.
Tarkastad has sunrise at 5:35 AM today and sunset at 6:28 PM. Light holds for 12 h 52 min.
For Schaapkraal and Notcliffe Park near Tarkastad, the clock reads the same.
Mail delivery in Tarkastad relies on 1 postal code.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Tarkastad labeled?
- The time zone for Tarkastad is labeled Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Do clocks in Tarkastad shift for daylight saving time?
- No.
- When is the sun up in Tarkastad?
- The sun comes up at 5:35 AM.