Bethlehem in numbers
- Coordinates
- -28.2308, 28.3071
- Population
- 91 075
- Region
- Free State
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 1118 km away
- Same name
- 50 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa
The local time in Bethlehem, Free State, South Africa — in the Africa/Johannesburg time zone (+2) — is shown on this page.
Bethlehem, South Africa
Sunday, 1 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Bethlehem
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Bethlehem keeps Africa/Johannesburg clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:16 AM Solar noon 11:51 AM Sunset 6:27 PM Daylight 13 h 11 min Night 10 h 49 min Civil twilight 4:51 AM – 6:52 PM
Weather in Bethlehem right now
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Bethlehem and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9700
- 9701
- 9702
- 9703
- 9704
- 9705
- 9706
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 Free State
- Bloemfontein 556 637
- Welkom 431 944
- Botshabelo 309 714
- Sasolburg 135 828
- Virginia 122 502
- Kroonstad 117 152
Other places named Bethlehem
- Bethlehem Pennsylvania, United States
- Bethlehem West Bank, Palestine
- Bethlehem Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
- Bethlehem North Carolina, United States
- Bethlehem West Virginia, 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
- Eureka — 1.8 km
- Môrelig — 1.8 km
- Thorisong — 3.4 km
- Thabo Mofutsanyana District Municipality — 3.6 km
- Bohlokong — 4.2 km
- Kommandant — 5.4 km
Bethlehem: clock, sun and surroundings
Bethlehem adheres to Africa/Johannesburg, a UTC+2 offset. Daylight saving time observed: No.
In Bethlehem, today's sun rises at 5:16 AM and sets at 6:27 PM. Light stays for 13 h 11 min.
Eureka and Môrelig are close to Bethlehem and observe the same time.
The register holds 7 postal codes for Bethlehem.
Questions and answers
- How can I identify the time zone of Bethlehem?
- The time zone of Bethlehem is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Do people in Bethlehem set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Bethlehem: No.
- When does light arrive in Bethlehem?
- Light arrives at 5:16 AM.