Bloemfontein in numbers
- Coordinates
- -29.1211, 26.2140
- Population
- 556 637
- Region
- Free State
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 896 km away
What time is it in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa
Right now in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa the local time is the one shown here, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Bloemfontein
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Bloemfontein keeps Africa/Johannesburg clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:24 AM Solar noon 12:00 PM Sunset 6:36 PM Daylight 13 h 12 min Night 10 h 48 min Civil twilight 4:59 AM – 7:01 PM
Weather in Bloemfontein right now
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Bloemfontein and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9300
- 9301
- 9302
- 9303
- 9305
- 9306
- 9307
- 9309
- 9310
- 9311
- 9312
- 9313
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
- Welkom 431 944
- Botshabelo 309 714
- Sasolburg 135 828
- Virginia 122 502
- Kroonstad 117 152
- Kutloanong 95 008
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
- Wilgehof — 1.9 km
- Batho — 2.4 km
- Brandwag — 2.6 km
- Generaal de Wet — 2.6 km
- Heidedal — 3.1 km
- Park West — 3.1 km
Local time details for Bloemfontein
Bloemfontein is split into 12 postal code areas.
The clock standard in Bloemfontein is Africa/Johannesburg, offset by UTC+2. Daylight saving time in use: No.
Today the sun comes up at 5:24 AM in Bloemfontein and goes down at 6:36 PM. Daylight measures 13 h 12 min.
If you are looking near Bloemfontein, both Wilgehof and Batho keep the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Bloemfontein?
- Use Africa/Johannesburg to show the time in Bloemfontein; its offset is +2.
- Does the clock in Bloemfontein follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Bloemfontein: No.
- When does light leave Bloemfontein?
- Light leaves at 6:36 PM.