The Gums in numbers
- Coordinates
- -30.3333, 28.7500
- Region
- Eastern Cape
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1035 km away
- Same name
- 2 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in The Gums, Eastern Cape, South Africa
On this page you will find the exact local time in The Gums, Eastern Cape, South Africa, in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2).
The Gums, South Africa
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in The Gums
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Local time in The Gums, Eastern Cape.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:06 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 6:34 PM Daylight 13 h 28 min Night 10 h 32 min Civil twilight 4:40 AM – 7:00 PM
Weather in The Gums right now
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The Gums and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 4730 Matatiele — 4.8 km away
- 4731 Matatiele — 4.8 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 Gums
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
- Kwahlomendlwini — 0.4 km
- Dengwane — 2.8 km
- Ncome — 3.2 km
- Masiza — 3.9 km
- Matatiele — 5.0 km
- Lunda Gate — 5.5 km
Local time details for The Gums
Sunlight reaches The Gums at 5:06 AM and fades after 6:34 PM today. The span is 13 h 28 min.
The local time of The Gums is shared by neighbouring Kwahlomendlwini and Dengwane.
2 postal codes are in use across The Gums.
The Gums adheres to Africa/Johannesburg, a UTC+2 offset. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone should I use for The Gums?
- Use Africa/Johannesburg for The Gums; its offset is +2.
- Will the time in The Gums move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in The Gums: No.
- Do you know the time of sunrise in The Gums?
- Yes, it is 5:06 AM.