Excelsior in numbers
- Coordinates
- -28.9409, 27.0607
- Population
- 7 594
- Region
- Free State
- Country
- South Africa, Africa
- Capital
- Cape Town — 973 km away
- Same name
- 25 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Excelsior, Free State, South Africa
Right now in Excelsior, Free State, South Africa the local time is the one shown here, in the Africa/Johannesburg zone (+2).
Excelsior, South Africa
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
UTC+2 · Africa/Johannesburg
Local time in Excelsior
UTC+2 · no daylight saving time
Excelsior keeps Africa/Johannesburg clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 5:18 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 6:35 PM Daylight 13 h 18 min Night 10 h 42 min Civil twilight 4:53 AM – 7:00 PM
Weather in Excelsior right now
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Excelsior and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 9760
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 Excelsior
- Excelsior Minnesota, United States
- Excelsior New South Wales, Australia
- Excelsior Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Excelsior Alberta, Canada
- Excelsior Mpumalanga, South Africa
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
- Glen Avon — 6.7 km
- Bluff Point — 7.6 km
- Samenkoms — 9.7 km
- Linana — 10.0 km
- Cornflats — 10.9 km
- Allandale — 12.5 km
About the time in Excelsior
Mail delivery in Excelsior relies on 1 postal code.
The zone in force in Excelsior is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of UTC+2. Seasonal change: No.
Excelsior greets the sun at 5:18 AM and loses it at 6:35 PM today. Daylight runs to 13 h 18 min.
Neighbours of Excelsior such as Glen Avon and Bluff Point share its clock.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone name applies to Excelsior?
- The time zone name for Excelsior is Africa/Johannesburg, with an offset of +2.
- Does Excelsior observe daylight saving time?
- No.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Excelsior?
- Sunrise is at 5:18 AM and sunset at 6:35 PM.