The Downs in numbers
- Coordinates
- -31.5167, 26.7000
- Region
- Eastern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 803 km away
- Same name
- 9 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Downs, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Look up the current time in The Downs, Eastern Cape, South Africa, which follows the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
The Downs, South Africa
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in The Downs
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in The Downs.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:15 AM Solar noon 11:58 AM Sunset 6:41 PM Daylight 13 h 25 min Night 10 h 35 min Civil twilight 4:49 AM – 7:06 PM
Weather in The Downs right now
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The Downs and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4270 Uvongo — 17.1 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 The Downs
- The Downs England, United Kingdom
- The Downs England, United Kingdom
- The Downs Leinster, Ireland
- The Downs Alabama, United States
- The Downs Kentucky, 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
- Verdien — 2.2 km
- Beamont — 3.6 km
- Coldstream — 4.4 km
- Vryheid — 5.0 km
- Ivanhoe — 5.5 km
- Primgradia — 6.0 km
The Downs: clock, sun and surroundings
The Downs, Verdien and Beamont all run on one and the same time.
The Downs works with 1 postal code.
The time zone assigned to The Downs is Africa/Johannesburg, held at UTC+2. Daylight saving time applies: No.
The Downs has sunrise at 5:15 AM today and sunset at 6:41 PM. Light holds for 13 h 25 min.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in The Downs?
- The time in The Downs is calculated using Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in The Downs?
- No.
- When should I expect the sun to rise in The Downs?
- Expect it at 5:15 AM.